Catalyst Articles

Will you allow pain to define you or refine you?

There are a million creations sitting at the bottom of an ocean of souls begging to be explored

Maybe you can’t change the world, but you can change your street. 

 Friends help. Belief helps. Time helps. But Jesus heals.

As a leader you’re going to face pain. The question is not will life keep moving, but will you?

As a leader you’re going to face pain. The question is not will life keep moving, but will you?

Today more than ever before, the pressures of ministry and the marketplace are wearing our leaders out.  We are all exhausted from all the planes and all the cabs running us from place to place to place and then from spending what seems like the other half of our lives on all the conference calls.  I’d like to challenge you, just as I have challenged myself, to genuinely consider whether you have the courage to do what you know is right.

We all deal with seasons of life. But fast and furious seasons of life should not negate the rhythms of Sabbath and continual prayer in our lives. In order to keep our sanity and health and spiritual vitality, disciplined living is essential. And disciplined living begins with Sabbath rest.

Who will you be when you finally escape the place that you have given the power to name you?

You know what you need most in the midst of what you're facing?

Love is coming in the flesh. Emmanuel, God with us, is moving into the neighborhood.