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Aug, 05, 2015 0
I have read and heard numerous stories of women who were told things in their own churches about being ministers. My heart breaks for the many girls who were led to believe that they could not be pastors or preachers because of their sex. At the same time I breathe a silent prayer of thanks that I…
Aug, 05, 2015 0
My husband, Tim, and I have been co-pastoring the church of our dreams for the last three years. But believe it or not, co-pastoring was not in our “life plan.” Early in our relationship we struggled with anxiety about the balance of our individual callings, and how life and ministry would unfold…
Aug, 05, 2015 0
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. . . . A cord of three strands is not quickly broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
In 1990 I began teaching fifth grade at a Baltimore school district’s flagship elementary school. It…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
Most of the time bulletin boards give me an idea of what a place is about, so I like to check them. Recently a bulletin board prompted me to answer a very familiar question: “If you could go back in time, what Bible story would you like to experience?” My answer would not always be the same,…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
Almost 22,000 Korean Nazarenes look to him for leadership. President of the largest Nazarene university in the world. Korea Nazarene University (KNU) and pastor of one of the largest Nazarene churches in Korea, Shin, Min-Gyoo certainly has his hands full. Extremely busy but also mild-mannered and…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
In 1994, I deployed to Haiti with the 28th Combat Support Hospital in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. Physicians were deployed from various reserve units throughout the U.S. to give us the full complement of doctors that we needed. One doctor, a surgeon, brought his guitar on the deployment…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
It was in the middle of my second term as regional director for the Eurasia Region when I was approached by a young European leader with the question, “Is there a Nazarene way?”
With all the evangelistic efforts around us, the question was pertinent. Is there one uniform way in which Nazarenes…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
It was in the middle of my second term as regional director for the Eurasia Region when I was approached by a young European leader with the question, “Is there a Nazarene way?”
With all the evangelistic efforts around us, the question was pertinent. Is there one uniform way in which Nazarenes…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
Ana Chosco had no desire to move from the beautiful city of Mendoza, Argentina, to the province of San Luis. But her husband, Carlos, had finally found the job for which they had been praying, so there was no choice in the matter. Her feeling of resistance grew when he took her to the piece of land…
Aug, 04, 2015 0
Spiritual Transformation In the Classroom
Organic chemistry class. It’s not a scene that evokes thoughts of spiritual transformation or religious encounters. But amidst lab coats, goggles, and beakers full of chemicals, Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) nursing student Brandi Johnson has…