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Port au Prince, Haiti. Tuesday. January 12, 2010. 4:53 p.m. It came without warning. No time to prepare—not even time to think about a best reaction. It just happened. And in those moments I realized that I was at the mercy of a force beyond reason. I had no time to be afraid or to think about…

Recently, I attended a wedding of a couple who grew up in the church that I have pastored for nearly two decades. Upon my arrival, I noticed how many of the attendees had been a part of our church at one time or another. Being rather shy, I swallowed my pride, greeted each of them graciously,…

During the second week of Lent, I flew to Nashville to participate in several prayer events. Throughout the flight, my thoughts and prayers were focused on a gathering in downtown Nashville where I would be speaking that evening. As the plane landed, my attention turned toward immediate details,…

Q: How can church boards and pastors learn to trust each other? How is trust built? A: The level of trust may determine whether your church board thrives or flounders. Teams that are characterized by high trust are most often also characterized by other critical elements such as unity,…

There have been many discussions, anecdotes, and studies surrounding how the church has failed to capture the imagination and hold the attention of young adults. When I was recently asked to share my testimony, I began to realize the debt that I owe to the church and why the church continues to be…

Thienkim 'Kim' Singson is superintendent of the North East Indian District, which is based in Churachandpur, Manipur, India. She succeeded her husband, T. S. Singson, who passed away in April 2001. Kim is the first female district superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene in all of the Eurasia…

The following Easter Sunday message was conceived in the nighttime darkness of Maundy Thursday, as the members of a parish observed the traditional, overnight prayer vigil on the night that began Good Friday. Somewhere in the middle of Thursday night or of the early morning of Friday, I was…

In 1994, the East African nation of Rwanda experienced a genocide culminating from a civil war that started in 1990 leaving up to a million people dead. Caritas Mukarurangwa, now pastor of Nyamyuba Church of the Nazarene, was almost one of those statistics of genocide. Instead, she and her…

Author and scholar H. Ray Dunning answers an elementary yet profound question affecting all people seeking God's forgiveness and grace in their lives: Are we saved by grace?   The Apostle Paul repeatedly stresses the centrality of grace in the Divine-human relation. This theme permeates his…

When Jesus was asked what was God's most important requirement of us, He said that it was to love God with one's whole being. He added that loving other people in the same way as one loved one's own life was equally important (Mark 12:28-34). Today, the idea of people loving in this way seems like…