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The Power of Vulnerability
October 13, 2018 | Leslie Colaw
Think of the most vulnerable places in your heart. The weak spots, the deepest wounds you carry. Our instinct most often is to guard and conceal those places. We don’t like feeling weak and vulnerable. It’s...
Confessions of a Contented Pastor's Wife
October 3, 2018 | Leslie Colaw
I don’t know if you’ve ever read any of those articles about how it’s hard to be a pastor’s wife. Usually the list of difficulties are things like the unrealistic expectations of others, not getting enough time with...
The Hidden Work of God
September 24, 2018 | Leslie Colaw
The older I get the more I realize life isn’t simple, how sometimes there are just no easy answers to be found. Even when the answer is clear, it doesn’t mean it’s easy, and sometimes the road ahead can seem really...
You are not in a discipleship group. You are just hanging out with friends.
August 22, 2018 | Pastor Mike Colaw
No, you are not in a discipleship group. You are just hanging out with friends. If you pressed me to to pin down a way to measure whether your Christian small group (d-group, huddle, outpost, home group, cell group or whatever your church calls...
Bridging the Generational Divide
July 28, 2018 | Pastor Mike Colaw
Leading people from different generations can be really difficult. Christianity Today talks about generational differences and the subsequent conflict as one of the primary reasons for division in the church, and this tension is...