By Rev. Drew Witt, Founder and Lead Pastor of Gathering Midtown Church, San Antonio, Texas First, the Backstory I felt the call to plant a church in the summer of 2011. Honestly, I didn’t want to plant a church. In 2007 I helped start a church, and was comfortable being the number-two guy. I was [...]
Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling, Associate Professor of Theology, Northern Seminary Nothing quite gets under Dr. Cherith Fee Nordling’s skin like hearing someone talk about when Jesus “was” human. “Jesus didn’t cease to be human when He ascended into heaven,” explains Dr. Nordling. “He still is human. He’s the most human human there is!” [...]
Photo credit: Chad Barlow On May 14, 2017, +Dan Scott was ordained a Bishop at Christ Church Nashville, a non-denominational church that worships in the Anglican tradition. Throughout the service, there were strong marks of the three streams of Sacrament, Scripture, and Spirit. This is fitting for +Dan, whose own life is marked [...]
A few years into his Worship Director and Assistant Pastor role at All Saints Dallas, Father Jay Wright found himself feeling stuck. "I felt stuck in a particular leadership situation," explained Wright+. "I initially talked to my rector, Bishop Philip Jones, about it. In the course of our conversation, he helped me see that in [...]
Dr Robert+ Grant with Chaplain Mirenda Over the course of his life, Dr. Robert+ Grant has had various roles. He's been a radio talk show host, an academic, a pastor, and a coach. The common theme running through each of these roles is helping people engage with Jesus and live into God's calling [...]
"In all candor, I thought I had messed up my life. I thought I had abandoned God's call on my life...I was operating on God's plan B for me." Ryan, one of the Associate Pastor's of St Andrew's Church in Little Rock, AR shares his story from the pew about the path from "plan b" [...]
Bishop Sandy Greene with Deacon Brit Carpenter, Bishop Aaron Kijanjali, and Deacon Drew Witt at Britt and Drew's ordination service For Bishop Sandy Greene, success is measured by how many leaders he is able to mentor and encourage. "If I had a plaque on my wall that had names and dates on it, [...]
"We reviewed your application, and you're worthless." It was 2010 and Jim Bridgham was on the phone with a recruiter for an Active Duty Air Force Chaplaincy position, his dream job. "You're worthless," the recruiter repeated. This was the second year the Bridgham had applied for the position. A few years later, he applied one [...]
For Bishop Gerry Schnackenberg, contemplative prayer is a lot like scuba diving. Bishop Gerry leads morning prayer at Winter Conference 2016 "There's a classic exercise, where you imagine that you are going underwater, if that imagery is helpful to you," explained Bishop Gerry. "There are boats on the surface, and a lot of [...]
"Discipleship, following Jesus is not about sin management or trying to modify my behavior. . . it's about changing my affections to love what Jesus loves and love how He loves." Paul, a member of St Andrew's in Little Rock, shared his story from the Pew this past Winter Conference and how discipleship has been [...]
