What to do when you are not as fruitful as you hoped?
I love our Youth With A Mission (YWAM) tribe. I love that we are constantly looking for new ways to do new things. We send out waves of young people optimistically looking for our powerful and wonderful God to do powerful and wonderful things. We want to reach the least, the last and the lost. […]
Keys to Pioneering and Fruit Bearing
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines, in part, a pioneer as “a person or group that originates or helps open up a new line of thought or activity or a new method or technical development.” For us, as Youth With A Mission (YWAM), pioneering can mean birthing something completely new or redefining something that is or […]
How long, Lord?
Almost six months after the start of lockdown in Europe, we still have no clear answer to the psalmist’s question, ‘How long, Lord?’ (Ps. 13). A matter of weeks, we first thought; then conceded that it could take months before ‘normality’ would return. Now we hear it could be years before we return to our […]
What changes are we to embrace as we continue in this crisis?
How are you doing now that we have reached the 6 month marker into this pandemic? Most of the people I talk to are doing ok considering what has happened. The challenge is that under the surface is an insecurity…
Are we stuck in our thinking?
Our worldview has an incredible effect on what we think, feel and act. On the news the other night, there was an interview with an African lady who was fighting for freedom regarding the 200 million women undergoing female genital…
What can we learn about self awareness from the Jesuits?
I have just been reading an inspiring book called, ‘Heroic Leadership’ by Chris Lowney, about the Jesuits who have been working as an order or company, as they prefer to call it, for over 450 years. They have obviously been…
The Generous Apple – You decide the ending……
It was a hot day. So hot that Jon and his sister Naomi found themselves walking through the busy market-place dreaming of ice-cold fruit platters on silver trays. As they wondered where they could find such royal food, they stumbled upon the fruit seller’s stand and to their delight, right in front of them was…
What are we learning two months into lockdown?
‘My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can! For you know that when your faith is tested it stirs up…
How do we use our time during lockdown?
When you have a forced isolation, or lockdown like we have in Spain and other nations right now, what do we do with our time? Even when the world isn’t involved in a pandemic, we have issues of sickness, accident,…
Why the Spiritual Life requires us to Wake Up
This Series explores why awareness is crucial to our Christian growth, and ways to cultivate spiritual alertness.
1. Why the Spiritual Life requires us to Wake Up
2. Factors that Mitigate against Awareness
3. Engaging our 5 Senses to Develop Awareness
4. Getting in Touch with our Feelings
“The spiritual life starts with awareness”
Dr. David Benner