Something worth practicing

Something worth practicing

Here’s a radio-minute that aired nationally this week on Q Place’s Walk the Way: This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. We don’t need to look any farther than Jesus’ example for ways to move out in mission. Jesus noticed people. People like Zaccheaus and the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus initiated countless conversations. Remember the story of the Samaritan woman at the well? Jesus intentionally went out of his way to engage with her, notice her and ask her some questions. Jesus prayed. The Bible records Jesus...Read more …
How’s your short game?

How’s your short game?

Here’s a radio-minute that aired nationally this week on Q Place’s Walk the Way: This is Walk the Way. Brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. How’s your short game? When I want to practice my golf, I usually head out to the driving range: I get a large bucket of balls and swing away until they’re gone. After all, it’s impressive if you can hit your ball hundreds of yards down the fairway. Long drives solicit oohs and aahs. And respect. But if you know anything about golf, you know that the game is won on or around the...Read more …
“Stop! I don’t have to listen to this!”

“Stop! I don’t have to listen to this!”

When a Christian engages someone in a spiritual conversation, the “Good News” doesn’t always feel good … but it doesn’t have to be that way! Watch and listen as Q Place president, Mary Schaller, shares how The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations can transform the way you talk about God with people who believe differently. How to Be Good News from Q Place on Vimeo.Read more …
Announcing: The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations

Announcing: The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations

Want to become more familiar with the nine practices of Jesus that can help us relate with people in a way that is always good news? Q Place is excited to announce that The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations published by Tyndale House Publishers and co-authored by John Crilly and me, will be available through retailers everywhere starting May 1st. In simple and profound ways, I am confident that as you read the pages of this book, you’ll catch the vision for a more natural relational approach to pointing people to Jesus. For a gift of any amount, we are also happy to...Read more …

On the Radio – Walk the Way

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place. I’m Jeff Klein. I love the YouTube video that shows a massive, clumsy, walrus dancing the tango with one of her handlers. It’s true! In a zoo in Istanbul, Turkey, Sara the Walrus dances an impressive tango with her aquatics trainer. Apparently, the ability to dance was dormant deep within this particular walrus. Who’d have thought? And here’s where I’m going with this: Latent within each follower of Jesus is the ability to walk His way. But I’m not sure how many of us really believe we’re capable. Yet we are! Within...Read more …

When Opportunity Knocks

Sometimes opportunity comes literally knocking at your door. I was at my desk working when my peripheral vision caught movement outside through my front window. I looked up. Someone was walking toward the house but I couldn’t make out who. It was snowing, and the hat and the hood made identification tricky. I got up immediately, grabbed my coat from the entry hooks, and just as he knocked (I could see through my front-door windows now that it was, indeed, a he), opened the door and stepped out to greet him. He was a bit taken aback that I was...Read more …

More

More. As I sit down to write this blog, a scene from one of my favorite movies comes to mind. It’s from Oliver when young Oliver Twist holds his bowl in front of his face and dares to ask the scowling Mr. Bumble for more porridge. “Please, sir, I want some more.” At Q Place we believe that the spiritually hungry are often like Oliver. They are longing for something substantial to fill the emptiness inside, but what they experience from Christians may feel more like Mr. Bumble’s suspicious gaze. Instead of being met at their point of need, they...Read more …