Monthly Archives: April 2016

On the Radio – Walk the Way

On the Radio – Walk the Way

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. When it comes to the subject of becoming better listeners, we should all just put down our smartphones. Sherry Turkle writes this in her book, Reclaiming Conversation. “Remember the power of your phone…It’s a psychologically potent device that changes not just what you do but who you are. Don’t automatically walk into every situation with a device in hand: When going to our phones is an option, we find it hard to turn back to each other, even when efficiency or politeness...Read more …
34 Tampa Churches Explore Q Place!

34 Tampa Churches Explore Q Place!

  • Posted on April 28, 2016
  • /Under On Q
On March 21, Claudia Williams, our National Church Support Leader, and I looked out to more than eighty church leaders on the conference grounds of the Tampa Bay Baptist Association. We had been invited to a Pastors’ Lunch & Learn, a steak dinner event held several Mondays a year for fellowship, networking, and learning about new ministry opportunities. And we were ready to explain the “Why and What” of Q Place! How did Q Place get to Tampa Bay, Florida? The Tampa Bay Baptist Association is committed to helping pastors make disciples who make disciples, wholeheartedly embracing the concept of coming...Read more …
Evangelism. A Negative Experience.

Evangelism. A Negative Experience.

  • Posted on April 27, 2016
  • /Under On Q
In interviews about our new book, The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations, I’ve been asked if the way that Christians share their faith needs to change. So I tell about a conversation I had in a Q Place when the subject of evangelism came up. The participants, who did not yet claim to be followers of Jesus, said they thought evangelism was a negative experience for most people like them. Even the Christians in the room had a negative opinion about evangelism. While the group members that day probably didn’t agree on much about God and the Bible, they all...Read more …
Why dinosaurs?

Why dinosaurs?

When I (Crilly) think of dinosaurs, I am immediately taken back to a childhood memory of my grandma’s home. My Grandmother Crilly was a child of the Depression. She grew up a fatherless immigrant and married very young, only to divorce her abusive first husband and marry my grandfather, a quiet and gentle man. My grandma was a neat freak, probably with an obsessive-compulsive disorder that manifested itself in cleanliness. She put paper towels between every plate in the cabinet. She was constantly concerned about bugs getting into her home. She had clear plastic covering her nice sofa and chairs....Read more …
On the Radio – Walk the Way

On the Radio – Walk the Way

  • Posted on April 22, 2016
  • /Under Praying
This is Walk the Way. Brought to you by Q Place. I’m Jeff Klein. When all of my kids “ganged up on me” to convince me to go out to our backyard rink for one of our last family hockey games of this short winter, I looked at them cross-eyed. I just didn’t feel like it. But they persisted. And I gave in. You know why? Because I value spending time with them. And we all love hockey! They know I share their heart for the game. So I got off the couch. I think God often responds in a...Read more …
The Purpose of Praying

The Purpose of Praying

  • Posted on April 20, 2016
  • /Under Praying
I’ll be honest: I’m a bit of a control freak. As a firstborn, I’d like to blame my genetics, but I think there’s more going on than birth order. I want things to turn out the way I think they should, and I am rarely without a plan to move things along toward my desired end. That’s why prayer has always been a struggle. I believe in its power. I believe in its effectiveness. I believe it changes things. I just have difficulty declaring my dependence on God to do something I’d like to make happen the way I think...Read more …
Why Prayer Is Critical for Evangelism

Why Prayer Is Critical for Evangelism

  • Posted on April 18, 2016
  • /Under Praying
Dr. Jerry Root, professor at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL, challenges us to start our evangelism journey through prayer. Elaborating on what Jesus told His followers at the end of Matthew chapter 9, he explains why the simple act of prayer can lead to life-transforming encounters. Jerry also believes that as each one of us begins to pray for those who don’t know Jesus as we do, that our hearts will begin to beautifully break for them. Watch what Jerry has to say. You, too, can begin to pray for the people around you. _________________________Read more …
On the Radio – Walk the Way

On the Radio – Walk the Way

  • Posted on April 15, 2016
  • /Under Noticing
This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. And I”m Pam Klein. Beatrice is a vibrant, young mom who was originally a refugee from East Africa. To say that her life has been hard is an understatement! But because of God’s grace, she and her five little girls are on a good road now. On one Sunday morning, right before our worship gathering began, little Ella–the middle one in the lineup–was really giving her mom a hard time. Nothing awful, just what kids do. That’s when I saw my own daughter, Morghin, cross over, scoop...Read more …
The Choice Is Yours

The Choice Is Yours

  • Posted on April 13, 2016
  • /Under Noticing
When various people from various calls of life all “happened” to arrive at a Whole Foods  grocery store near Superior, Colorado, at about the same time one day, none of them expected they would get out of their respective cars, cross the parking lot, and find a woman, collapsed next to her cart, sobbing. Deborah Greene was just on her way out of the store with her groceries when her phone rang. She paused to answer it and that’s when her brother told her that their father had killed himself. Eleven months later, after grappling with the guilt and trauma...Read more …
You’re an Insider! Could your job be about more than getting your work done?

You’re an Insider! Could your job be about more than getting your work done?

Have you ever seen those statistics that show how much time the average person might spend on certain activities throughout their lives? For example, it’s been said that the average person spends 2 years of their life watching commercials, 2.5 years cooking, and just over 4 years driving their car. All kinds of activities get measured—but one in particular typically comes out at the top: work. Did you know that, on average, a person spends 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, in the workplace?! That’s 2080 hours in a workplace during a typical year—just think about how much time that...Read more …
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