CHILDREN'S MINISTRY High Five! Five Ideas for Transitioning Preteens to the Youth Group December 29, 2016 0 Comment “Okay, you’re in the youth group now! Have fun hanging out with kids with facial hair!” Is there a better …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Church as Home: Shared Practice for All Generations December 28, 2016 0 Comment Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION For unto Us, a Child Is Born. December 25, 2016 0 Comment One of my favorite Lectionary scriptures for this season is the passage we read from Isaiah 11:1–3: A shoot will come up from the stump …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION When We Don’t Get It December 22, 2016 0 Comment We sometimes like to ridicule the characters from the Bible for not “getting it” about Jesus. “How could they miss …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Life Moments in Pastoral Ministry December 21, 2016 1 Comment Last month, I experienced one of those “life moments.” I was given the privilege of baptizing my granddaughter. As I …
PASTORAL MINISTRY Excerpt from The City: Urban Churches in the Wesleyan-Holiness Tradition August 24, 2020 0 Comment Jesus commissioned his followers to make disciples of all nations, and John Wesley claimed that all the world was his …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION The Art of Cultivating Spirit-Led Leadership May 13, 2021 0 Comment The following is an excerpt from an upcoming Foundry release, Everyday Discernment: The Art of Cultivating Spirit-Led Leadership. I wrote …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION Excerpt from Creation by Eric M. Vail August 18, 2022 0 Comment The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Creation by Eric M. Vail, the upcoming release in The Wesleyan …
OUR WORLD The Possibility of Global Family October 07, 2016 0 Comment “No country will ever be the same after a natural disaster or a civil war, but the best way to …
SPIRITUAL FORMATION For unto Us, a Child Is Born. December 25, 2016 0 Comment One of my favorite Lectionary scriptures for this season is the passage we read from Isaiah 11:1–3: A shoot will come up from the stump …