When God Invades the Seams

Not long after coming to the northwest my wife encouraged me to take up fly fishing again. She’s a good wife. Actually, she thought our son would love this Northwest sport. Plus it would be something we could do together. She was right on both counts. Now he out fishes me on any day. (Proof of such can be found on my Facebook page.)

As I was learning to think like a trout someone said, “You’ve got to fish the seams.” That was confusing advice at first, but I found it to be true…

Vital Behaviors for Christ-Followers—Prayer

Reverend Patti Duckworth, Associate Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest Recently, I read an article (see below) that made reference to “vital behaviors” which were defined as “high-leverage actions that, if routinely enacted, will lead to the results you want.” This got me to thinking about Christian “vital behaviors.” While I would not necessarily want to offer a check [...]

Evidences for the Power of a Leadership Peer Group

Dr. Charles Revis, Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest How important is it for pastors to engage in a clergy peer group (aka, covenant group, learning group, or pastors cluster)? According to two recent studies it’s extremely important. The difference between pastors engaged in a group and those not involved shows up in their churches. [...]

Back to the Heart of Worship

Dr. Charles Revis, Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest The following reflections on worship come from Chad Marvin, Pastor of Worship and Arts at The Summit Church in Boise, ID. These are thoughtful words for all who struggle with the shifts in music style, a necessary move to reach various cultures and generations for Christ: [...]

How Do We Engage Our Culture?

Dr. Charles Revis, Executive Minister, ABC of the Northwest Recently Pastor Dave Roberts, in his church’s newsletter, provided some excellent thoughts regarding the challenge of Christians engaging culture. He acknowledges that all of us live in the culture and each of us are effected by it. He presses on to ask an important question, “Since [...]