Have you ever watched a toddler learn how to walk? It can be excruciatingly nerve-wracking for the parent! Watching your little child ‘toddle’, fall down, get back up, try again…you tend to hover over them ready to catch them if they fall, making sure they don’t get near real danger like a stairway or a…
Most pastors in the US long to teach to a huge crowd of excited people on Sunday mornings: people packed into pews, pens and notebooks in hand, waiting for a download of all kinds of top-rated, inspiring information from the Bible. But this kind of learning environment is exactly what a good schoolteacher would hate: a…
As intentional disciple-makers, it is important for us to evaluate where our disciples are on their spiritual journey so that we can determine what they need from us. In order to do this well, we must be in relationship with them. As a disciple maker, our role is to help the disciple mature and grow…