Before you hit the ground running.

Before you hit the ground running.

  • Posted on July 20, 2016
  • /Under Praying
I’m not a morning person. But there’s something about summer that gets me up and moving. I love the warmth and the light. It’s my season. (Don’t want to even think about the fact that it’s just about half over!) And this summer, I’ve been trying something new. Every day. Well, certainly trying every day. Old habits die hard. I’m a doer. Doers do. But before I hit the ground running to do all my doing, I’m attempting to have a conversation with God so that I can give Him my day.  A day, actually, that He laid out for me. Psalm...Read more …
He. Just. Wants. Us.

He. Just. Wants. Us.

  • Posted on July 18, 2016
  • /Under Praying
It was unsatisfactory, my prayer life. It had been that way too long. No amount of sincere desire had yet caused me to set aside the time I needed to in order to do what every Christian should be doing. (Shouldn’t they?) Times intended for prayer got interrupted with phone calls I suddenly remembered to return, or errands that were urgent. Prayer was neglected. It was Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, that gave me the impetus to renew my effort. I scheduled the “big rock” of prayer into my calendar so that it didn’t get lost...Read more …
On the Radio this Week – Walk the Way

On the Radio this Week – Walk the Way

  • Posted on July 15, 2016
  • /Under Noticing
This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. Our friend, Charlie, talks about being a dorm parent in a school in Venezuela many years ago. He was driving a 7-passenger van full of students back into the town where the school was located. A storm had just passed through and Charlie noticed a branch that had blown down, blocking the sidewalk. At the same time, he also noticed a blind man walking down that sidewalk unaware of the fallen limb. Charlie immediately stopped, helped the man around the obstacle and returned to the van,...Read more …
Just slow it down.

Just slow it down.

  • Posted on July 13, 2016
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I have been gobbling up Kent Annan’s new book Slow Kingdom Coming this summer, especially his thoughts on paying attention and how that practice is so closely linked to slowing down. Did you know scientific studies show that our brains pay better attention if—even just three times a day—we slow down to meditate for five minutes? Certainly, as Kent writes, spiritual disciplines—like those in Richard Foster’s work, Celebration of Discipline—help to cultivate attention. Kent provides his own anecdotal evidence based on the time he decided to intentionally practice slowing down, retreating at a Benedictine monastery and pausing throughout the day for times...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 …
On the Radio this Week – Walk the Way

On the Radio this Week – Walk the Way

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. As I braced myself for the last final incline on my short run before church, I noticed a group of dads setting up for some sort of race. They had barricaded off the street and right in the middle at the top of the hill, was a line-up of homemade derby cars. A little girl sat inside each one, waiting for a nudge down while someone at the bottom timed how long it would take them to get to the finish line....Read more …
Right Then and There

Right Then and There

For some people, practices like noticing, listening, praying, welcoming and asking questions just come naturally. But when it comes to sharing the gospel with those who believe differently than we do, here’s the game changer: realizing that these natural relationship builders are also natural steps toward sharing the gospel. That’s precisely what being in our church’s 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations class did for Jeanne—she realized that her relationship with a co-worker was a trusted opening for sharing the gospel! What happened as a result was fantastic! Jeanne, a teacher, shared a classroom with another teacher, Sofie. Of course, most days it was “business...Read more …
Slow Indeed.

Slow Indeed.

I’ve just begun reading Kent Annan’s new book, Slow Kingdom Coming. It’s so good on so many levels, and similar to Q Place’s most recent book, Kent shares great practices that allow every believer to be part of building God’s Kingdom in ways that lead to lasting change.  I also really like the title–Slow Kingdom Coming. It speaks volumes of truth. God’s Kingdom is a slow one coming. Certainly it began 2,000 years ago when God sent His Son into the world to bring it back to Himself, but every one of us knows that God’s Kingdom has not come fully, yet. Didn’t...Read more …

On the radio this week – Walk the Way

  • Posted on July 1, 2016
  • /Under General
Inspired, blessed or challenged by Q Place’s Walk the Way radio minute? Ask your local Christian radio station to add Walk the Way to their program line-up! And make sure to check out the Walk the Way Facebook page. You can join the community there for daily, vibrant spiritual conversations. We hope you’ll catch Q Place…on the radio!Read more …

Being Normal

  • Posted on June 29, 2016
  • /Under General
Just this week, Q Place President, Mary Schaller, and former Q Place National Field Director, John Crilly, had a blast talking with host Steve Brown on his program, Key Life, about the 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations. The shared passion of Key Life and Q Place is obvious: the radical grace of Jesus changes how we love and evangelize! Steve Brown wholeheartedly believes that when any one of us experiences the freedom and joy that comes from realizing that “God’s not mad at us,” it’s just plain normal to want to share it! But Steve was especially jazzed with Mary and...Read more …
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