Leading without Panic through a Pandemic

By Bert L. Jones, FAS Speaker and pastor of Woodburn Missionary Church Bert Jones I recently said to one on my pastoral team, “I must have slept through the ministry class when they covered How to Lead through a Pandemic.” I got a lot of excellent training, but I...

Being Imitators of God

By Ron Adkins, FAS Fellow The Apostle Paul tells the churches throughout Ephesus to “be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Eph. 5:1-2, ESV). One of Daniel...

Junk Drawer

By Matt Ayars Every family has a junk drawer. The junk drawer is home to the scissors, Scotch tape, postage stamps, dried up pens, dull pencils, rubber bands, fingernail clippers, paperclips, Post-its, the eyeglass repair kit, and of course, the phone charger. I have...

Go with the Flow or Flop with the Mop

By Hubert Harriman I sometimes led, or joined, some work teams from the church I was pastoring, going to places like Bolivia, Paraguay, and Honduras. Almost always, we had some veteran workers on these teams who would counsel “go with the flow and flop with the mop.”...