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...
In my last post (Worship, Presence & Power) I rehashed the story of the Vineyard beginnings and how our founders unexpectedly began experiencing God’s presence and power as they engaged in what has now become the trademark of the Vineyard - intimate worship. Carol Wong, John...
It’s an often-overlooked detail that power ministry in the Vineyard was not the result of a group of people deliberating pursuing healing or spiritual gifts, or power evangelism or even a fresh outpouring of the Spirit. It was actually a rather unintentional thing. To hear...
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke...
We pastors are some of the worst when it comes to taking care of ourselves. Our position in the lives of others puts us at risk. While directing and caring for the souls of others we neglect our own. We exercise spiritual authority so much...
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good fro anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.” (Matthew 5:13) The frog sat bathing contentedly in his...
Being a pastor is probably one of the only professions that can be faked without anyone really noticing - except God, of course. Most people have no idea what we pastors actually do since most of what we do goes on out of the public eye...
There was this episode of Seinfeld where Elaine discovers that her boyfriend Puddy listens to Christian radio. He nonchalantly makes comments to her about how she’s going to hell and he isn’t. Finally Elaine explodes: “If I am going to hell, you should care that...