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Bonded Relationships

Checking the Erosion of Relational Quality I grew up financially poor but relationally rich. My father was a sharecropper and my mother occupied her time …

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Bigotry In the Church

The level of prejudice in the church is disheartening, if not astounding. And it goes way back and is not just recent in nature. When …

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Racism in the Church

“Well, hey, I left that church.” No one working in ministry wants to hear that, and I peered at this affable gentleman across our glasses …

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Label Your Church

If people were asked to describe your church in one word, what word would they choose? To some this might be a frightening thought, but …

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A Revolution of Compassion

We recently interviewed Jose Cortez Jr. (Associate Director of the NAD Ministerial Department), about his involvement with the Movement of Compassion. In case you haven’t …

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Toxic Churches

There is no such thing as a perfect church. Because churches are comprised of imperfect people, it makes sense that churches are likely to be …

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The Pain Stops Here

Does your church relieve pain, or cause it? Most people would never think of intentionally causing others pain. Yet, sometimes they say and do things …

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Color of My Skin

This song was written in response to an experience I had years ago (in the 70’s), while pastoring a small Adventist Church in the South. …

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