We want to be very clear about how God has called us to serve.
Encouragement starts with a relationship.
An ancient Chinese proverb teaches us that, “A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.”
Can we put aside the burden and distraction of being big and living large?
We all love the part where Jesus says, "Let the children come to me." It's a comforting line, and a good passage for a devotional, but do you ever wonder what it has to do with getting things done in mission/ministry?
I went to a rural church to follow-up with a group of Alongsiders, and I asked them how they chose their little brothers and sisters from all the children in the community. One of the young women started to cry as she answered...