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Watch a new video that-kind-of-servanthood I just finished writing and producing on Growing Christ's Church Deep and Wide in Servanthood. It is a story about hope and new life, of God with us in the midst of all of our human activity.

The blog post title is a direct quote from Rev. Susan Finley, the pastor of Carondelet-Markham Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Louis that was about to close it doors. Then on a cold Febru… Continue

I find this article in the Washington Post (below) most fascinating. It suggest that people who have no religious affiliation may be part of a movement who want to connect their experience, and perhaps their spirituality, to some sort of religious community, but organized religion isn't providing for their deepest needs, in a way that this happens.

Imagine the folks who have no faith, or who have left the faith for now, are the most open to faith!

Some of the phrases of this article - that I'v… Continue

For some reason seeing this latest conversation thread in the forum from Dan

Being a fairly shy and not too confident person I wonder how I would witness to someone who needs it?
I don't have any great testimony to share or which Bible verses might help someone. What would you say to someone whom you thought needed Christ or was experiencing some personal problems?

got me thinking about how Jesus interacted with those who "needed him" or were experiencing some "personal problems." It re… Continue