Faith-Filled Parenting
The goal of faith-filled parenting is to raise children who will live and love like Jesus—to experience God in daily life and to embrace their
Category: faith
Jesus-Centered Ministry
By Rick LawrenceExecutive Director (This is an edited excerpt from my book Jesus-Centered Youth Ministry.) I was invited to have lunch with six youth pastors who’d been
‘Go and Make Disciples’
By Rosina HendricksonVibrant Faith Coaching Team We recently celebrated Pentecost, the tipping point for the church’s mission to “go and make disciples of all the
Recovering Yourself Emotionally
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director In conversation after conversation with ministry leaders around the country, I hear the same word repeated over and over: EXHAUSTION. After
Fearlessly Engaging
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director I was never in a garage band, but whenever I hear a phrase that sounds like the name of a
Leading In the Face of Fear
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director In John 21 we encounter Jesus’ disciples after His resurrection but before His ascension—they are disoriented, confused, and frightened about
The Ministry of Wholeness
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director In the wake of American gymnast Simone Biles’ decision to pull out of major competitions in the Tokyo Olympics to
Living Water for Your Exhausted Soul
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director I read these self-referential words from Paul to his beloved “sheep” in Corinth today, and thought of you… “In everything
The Source of Our Strength and Grit
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, says she discovered that people who live with a
The Stockdale Paradox
By Rick LawrenceVibrant Faith Executive Director Vice Admiral Jim Stockdale was one of the most highly decorated officers in U.S. Navy history. At the outset of