Love fails, but God’s Love never fails.
In a cold world, the love of God can be a much needed shelter for a weary soul. People who have been let down may turn to isolation, bitterness and self sufficiency. They may have a difficult time grasping the love of God.
Spiritual Conversations - Heart Diagnosis
When we worship the pure, transcendent God, who always luves us back with infinite pure lover, our hearts find rest and shelter
Spiritual Conversation with a Buddhist - Kingdom Colission
Recap of a conversation that I had with a Buddhist.
9 Tools for Interpersonal Ministry
Live your average life with purpose. Here are 9 tools for ministry with everyday interactions.
Books to Dive Deep on Evangelism and Lifestyle Ministry
Need a good read?
These recommendations helped deepen my theological worldview.
Suffer well, my friend
One day, I found myself in a season of suffering. I have had many ups and downs in my spiritual life and I have clung more closely to Jesus than ever before.
Questions to start a spiritual conversation
Have you ever wanted to have a spiritual conversation but don’t know how to start? Here are a few questions to enter into a spiritual conversation.
How to be an active listner
Consider how Jesus interacted with people. He makes everyone feel like they are important. He does not cut people off by interjecting truth. He doesn’t lose his anger with individuals. He’s definitely not arguing with people.
The guts of a spiritual conversation (middle part)
If we lose our cool, we lose.
It’s ok to pause the conversation
We expect to face challenging Theological questions
How to leave a Spiritual conversation
When we find ourselves in a spiritual conversation, there is a logistic to politely “landing the plane”.
Here are a couple things we can encourage people to do.
Ministry of Presence
Ministry of presence is ministry without words. When you roll up your sleeve and meet people where they are at, there will be times in which you are left without answers. Words may fail but your presence speaks volumes.
Pre-Evangelism Work
In gardening the ground must be cultivated before a seed can be planted. I call the cultivating work in the context of evangelism: “pre-evangelism”. Here we look for opportunities to invest in other people and build a stronger relationship.
Honor God with your effort and leave the results to him.
We worship God with effort, not results
