I read something that shocked me the other day. According to a study published in The New York Times, some 62,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year! The article said that’s like 171 people in America dying from Ebola each day. Or if every...
Ministry starts with God's call. Mike talks about how young leaders can discover and explore their calling. ...
God is present and involved everywhere and in everything. That’s what omnipresent means. As Eugene Peterson writes, “There are no zones from which he’s exempt”. He’s present and involved in every corner of heaven and earth; in the personal and public; in every area of...
“Boundaries are meant to be broken, boundaries are meant to be pushed.” This sounds very daring and inspiring. Very American. But is it true? 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to...
If you’re a leader stress comes with the territory. I remember a time I was so used to pressure that I treated it as if it was my normal state of being not realizing just how much it was messing with my ability to lead....
Wimber’s Vision Wanting to bring perspective, balance and guidance to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Toronto in the mid-90’s, John Wimber prayed: “Lord, what do you want me to bring in the way of direction to this whole thing? As the leader of...
An observation As Empowered Evangelicals, is the Vineyard becoming more evangelical than empowered? Some point to what they see as a gradual drift away from classic Vineyard Holy Spirit ministry. Maintaining a message of power with little practice of it. Personally I don’t think so. Some of...
This is turning out to be one of the most momentous seasons of my life. Last November I embarked on what Richard Rohr calls a “further journey”. After thirty-eight years I stepped away from pastoring a local church to begin a new ministry career that’s...
As I’ve traveled around the country visiting a bunch of Vineyard churches I’ve noticed a trend that has me a bit concerned. I’ve detected a slow pull towards entertainmentism. Worship has felt like a concert-like journey through a rousing set of songs more focused on...
When did the world change? Even as a former Catholic-turned-pagan in the drugged-out 60’s I had a respect for the Bible. I really didn’t know why I just did and I wasn’t alone. It seemed everyone did. I remember a time when that beloved children’s...