Sharing

Where do you think God was before you came on the scene? Do your current maps fit the territory of today? What are the existential issues of today? Are you listening? Alan Hirsch, a thought leader in the missional church movement, recently addressed these questions at AMPLIFY and asserts that our answers to them directly effect how effective we will be in sharing the Gospel, encouraging believers to take heart–that just because people have rejected the church, does not mean they have rejected Jesus or the Gospel. What is good news for this people group? In the video that follows Hirsch answers this question,...Read more …

Not too long ago, while cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, my daughter, Emily, told me that her pastor was encouraging his church members to write out their faith story. Emily felt God nudging her through him and wrote out some of the lessons that God had been teaching her, little by little, over a 30 year period, starting at the age of 12. She closes her reflections with this scripture: “Let the Redeemed of the Lord tell their story…” (Psalm 107:2) When it comes to sharing the gospel with others, all too often many of us are falsely convinced that we...Read more …

Amy started attending a Q Place in September after being invited by a neighbor. The group was studying the book of Mark. Amy was seeking truth and faithfully went through each week’s study so that she would be prepared to discuss the ideas that had been covered. But one afternoon, she knocked on my door and asked for fifteen minutes of my time to talk before she had to pick up her kids from school. I was surprised! Although we were in the Q Place group together, Amy had never come over before. But she certainly seemed as if she had something very important on her mind....Read more …

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. In 2004, former Hollywood filmmaker, Scott Adam, and his wife, Jean, set sail on a custom-made yacht to take the Word of God, specifically Bibles, to remote corners of the world. Scott’s love of the sea would help him spread the love of His Lord. And despite inherent dangers the couple embarked with their cargo – Bibles in many of the world’s languages so that they could: “seek fertile ground for the Word and homes for our Bibles.” For seven years they...Read more …

I was getting a routine cut and color from Wendy, a delightful woman in town who had been divorced twice and was recovering from another bad relationship. Over the previous two years I had learned much of her painful story, which included her parents’ tragic deaths when she was fairly young..  Through our regular encounters, sharing our daily lives together for a couple hours every six weeks, we were becoming friends. I sensed that although she was unwilling to attend any church, Wendy was desperately seeking an internal peace that she thought maybe God could provide. She knew that I...Read more …

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place. I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. The story reportedly goes like this: After an interview with someone, Abraham Lincoln said to his secretary, “I don’t like that man’s face.” She reacted, amazed, “But that’s what his face is; he’s not responsible for his face.” Lincoln replied tartly, “After forty, every man is responsible for his face.” Ha! That’s great. It’s been said that the face mirrors our moods. And it seems that dear ol’ Abe was implying that after four decades of life, anyone should be able to,...Read more …

When it comes to sharing your faith, do you ever feel like you don’t have anything to share? Nothing to give? Nothing to say? Tapped out? Empty? This is certainly true for me (maybe more than I’d like to admit), but recently, I think I’ve gained a bit of insight into why. Just the other day I went on my first—ever—silent retreat. It’s true. Despite the decades behind me, I’d never been to one. So why this time? Why all of a sudden? Desperation. I admit it. I was quite frankly at the end of my rope. Busy. Too busy:...Read more …

We were getting ready to celebrate our son Joseph’s 15th birthday with his favorite selection for dinner: my home-cooked bacon risotto. As soon as my in-laws arrived, it would be time to eat. What I hadn’t planned on? The Comcast guys. Yes, I knew my husband had made an appointment to change internet services that day; what I didn’t know was that it would take so long. When Nana and Papa arrived—their presence made known to us by Griffin and Jeremiah barking at the front door—the installers were still working away. Then they informed us they would be even longer—an...Read more …