Getting Proximate
I became a Christian when was twenty-six years old. This is when I learned that I could have a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. I had never heard…
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Some Things I Wished I Had Learned in Seminary
At 35 years of age I became the part-time pastor of a small rural church in Virginia. Before this, the only job I'd held in a church was as a…
What is Asset Based Community Development?
WHAT IS ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? “Asset Based Community Development” or ABCD looks for, and starts from people’s gifts and strengths (assets). These assets equip people to create local opportunities and…
Be Prepared
In “Scouting for Boys,” Boy Scout’s founder Baden-Powell wrote that their motto, “Be Prepared,” means that “you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.” …
