There is almost no adult living in America today who can’t distinctly remember where they were when terrorists flew two commercial airliners into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers killing nearly 3,000 people. I was in Maine and watched the fall of the towers in complete shock and horror. Our nation’s grief was compounded two years ago when a young gunman entered the Sandy Hook Elementary School and murdered 20 children.
Adam Grant is a professor at the Wharton School of Business. At age 31, Grant is the youngest-tenured and highest-rated professor at Wharton. He is also one of the most prolific scholars in his field, Organizational Psychology, which is the study of workplace dynamics. In the seven years since he got his Ph.D., Grant has published more papers in his field’s top-tier journals than some of the highest achieving professors have written in a lifetime.
Many of us like to dream about what we would do, if only… we had more money or more time, or we weren’t so tired from all the demands of work and family.
In the middle of October, we hosted a healing conference here at Vineyard Columbus. A Vineyard pastor from Northern Ireland, named Alan Scott, led the conference. More than four dozen people took the time to write a brief testimony of healing that either they or a family member personally experienced. Here are a few of those stories.
Over the last few years, religious groups have found themselves on the defensive as a result of increasingly aggressive actions from a variety of government and private actors. Consider the following:
A person doesn't have to read the Bible for very long before discovering that one of the main businesses of life is prayer. The gospel writer, Mark, tells us that in the morning a great while before day, Jesus rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed. The apostles didn't allow themselves to get distracted with the busyness of life. Instead, they determined to give their attention to the Word of God and prayer.
One of the very first hires I made when I became Vineyard Columbus’ first senior pastor was to hire Linda Heselton to oversee our VineyardKids’ Ministry. And for 25 years we’ve worked side-by-side in serving this wonderful church.
The conversation concerning the appropriate roles for women in the church today starts, unsurprisingly, at the beginning of the Bible in Genesis 1 - the fundamental creation text:
Every two years, Vineyard Columbus takes a survey of our congregation. Our most recent survey was taken in March 2014. What did we discover about our church?
Recently, I've been doing a series at Vineyard Columbus titled Strength in Weakness: Leadership Lessons from the Life of Paul. Many Christians ask themselves the question: "Am I called to Christian leadership?" Some feel called to pastor, some to missions, some to lead a small group, some to lead children or teens. Some Christians feel called to lead regarding issues of justice, such as poverty, racial reconciliation, immigration reform, valuing life or sex trafficking.