Seeing God in our past

As I’ve written about previously on my blog, we always open our gatherings by asking, “How did you experience God this week?” Recently someone responded by talking about how she experienced God by looking back on her life… thinking about the challenging points in her...

A history of faithfulness

When you’re working with people, and they’re trying to make a decision on where they need to go or what they need to be doing, I often ask them, “How has God led you in the past?” They then rehearse where God has led them and that informs their current situation. They...

The invisible preparations of the past

As you consider your leadership skills and qualifications for ministry, don’t forget those qualities that are harder to quantify. Think through your life so far and how God has shaped you. How did you forge your ministry principles and values? Even the negative things...