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Integrity is a precious commodity in today’s world. One need only look at any news outlet at any given time to see that someone has breached the public trust once again. Of course, integrity has to do with smaller things as well. A myriad of words...

Church members continue to meet outside their sealed building while a "religious tolerance bill" undergoes consideration.

For Barry C. Black, the everyday life of the Senate chaplain ranges from leading five Bible studies a week to running weekly prayer breakfasts to answering letters from viewers of C-SPAN commenting on his prayers that open each daily session of...

Just when I thought I was ready to jump into the pit of despair, the Lord sent me the words I needed to hear. They were in the form of a little child. This morning, as tears were streaming down my face, due to feeling like a complete failure, my...

I wrote a book a few years back titled What They Didn’t Teach You in Seminary. It’s one of my favorite books and if you haven’t read it, I hope you will. It contains my biggest leadership lessons, gleaned from nearly 40 years of leadership. But...

What secrets are hiding in your nightstand? What regrets do you have that debilitate and overwhelm you? You can be an overcomer. Allow God access to that nightstand right now.

I held it together pretty well during the graduation ceremony and the dinner afterward, only to have a really ugly cry late that night, drowning in the fear of the unknown. I’d like to share these bits of wisdom with you now, as graduation nears,...

When someone asks ‘what is ethics?’ do we know how to answer? Scripture gives the law we are called to follow as Christians. As we discuss the question ‘What is ethics?’ we are given the opportunity to bring others into a relationship with the...

We were designed for this kind of fellowship, this kind of connection in Jesus, and we cannot find it anywhere but the body of Christ. This is what finding true belonging in the church looks like.

No one could fulfill the duties expected of most pastors