Ministry Blog
Don’t Stop Believin’!
Things deemed impossible are truly possible through the power of Jesus Christ. So why are we often found living in a frustrating, unfulfilled daily life? Is it a lack of faith?
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
Welcome, 2017. I am hearing this sigh of relief from most people I encounter these first few weeks in the new year.
Acts 6:4 Conference
Join Chresten and Bridgette Tomlin this week, whether in person or via live stream, at the fourth annual Acts 6:4 Conference, held this year in Texarkana, Texas.
Home for Christmas
This is our Hope. He is our Hope. Our lives are simply the beautiful wrapping for the Gift.
I Am A Sinner
When I inquired of Brenda what I could specifically pray with her about, she bluntly stated, “I am a sinner.”
Life in the Comfort Zone
What is holding you back from your ‘next’? What have you said ‘no’ to in the past because you didn’t think you could conquer it with ease? And more importantly, what has God asked you to do that you’ve emphatically turned down because the skill needed wasn’t easily accessed in your current toolbox?
Musings of a Secret Church Shopper
Are we looking to make great church attenders? Are we genuinely after the bragging rights for most experiences per weekend with record-breaking giveaways? Or are we after eternal results?…what will it take to keep them in a frenzied culture wrought with anxiety, stress, scheduled events and obligations from here ’til kingdom come…and no sense of obligation to fit church attendance in to the mania?
Passing Up the 80-20 Rule
Is Little League baseball bad? Should family TV time together be avoided? What’s wrong with enjoying dinner with friends? No. No. And nothing. But when such things are easily committed to, but faithful service to the work of the Body of Christ is neglected, the temporal trumps the eternal.
The Dangers of Auto-Pilot
Auto-pilot living is only easy when life is easy and drama-free. But it quickly becomes dangerous when we react from a place that has been less than vigilant. We ‘over-correct’ and react instinctively instead of acting intentionally. This usually brings about less than ideal, if not disastrous, results.
Lessons Learned at Chick-fil-A
Have you worked on a team, whether at your job, in a community effort, as a family, or as part of a ministry outreach where there were lazy people, sitting around, and “supervising”? In the back of your mind you’re thinking, “this job would be so much easier and get done so much more quickly if only he would get up and help!”
Come, Walk With Me
Encountering difficulty, challenges, and even trials in life can test one’s faith, even that of the sturdiest, most seasoned saint. Anyone who has served God with a passionate pursuit to please Him and defeat the enemy’s plan has undoubtedly encountered the enemy himself from time to time. And that is what we’ve experienced in unique fashion this year.
Inconvenient Prayer
At the age of 46, I was serving alongside my husband, Joe, of 29 years, in pastoral ministry. Things were going well at the church in which we were serving as senior pastors, our children were raised, and Joe and I were excited about what lay ahead for Tuxedo Assembly of God in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Then, suddenly, on an early Sunday morning, Joe passed away, leaving me there to deal with a life without him.