How should we deal with conflict as members of the church, part of a small group community, and amongst friends? Jesus offers a healthy way to address one another when we hurt each other or when difficultly arises within our community. These principles will help guide you in your journey [...]
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Does the Bible really say that women can’t be senior leaders in the church? Does the Bible really teach that women are subordinate to men in the home and society? Click link to read Pastor Rich Nathan’s position paper on “Women in Leadership: How to decide what the Bible teaches.“
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Women in Leadership
I didn’t grow up Catholic. My Dad did…and a few in my family are still deeply faith-filled Catholics. But without that background myself, my first thought as a new Christian of the practice of confession was this: corrupt priests giving forgiveness to rich people and heaping shame on those who [...]
The Lost Art of Confession
Dear Fellow Leaders,
God is at work all around Vineyard Columbus, among our hundreds of small groups and leaders, and in the Community Life staff team that seeks to partner with Him to make our small groups part of a vital community of disciples church wide. Today I want to share [...]
One Body, One Lord
Dear fellow leaders,
The longer I walk with Jesus (and I just celebrated my 35th spiritual birthday on December 1), the more persuaded I am of the fact that at the center of my spiritual progress is the lived experience of the presence of God, and the lived priority of making [...]
Christmas Is All About Presence (December 2014)
by Andy Saperstein
Among Paul’s closing words in his letter to the Colossians are the ones below, and they continue today to speak clearly to us, as both a church and as a community of leaders.
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
3 And pray for us, too, that God [...]
Pray, Be Wise, Be Full of Grace
by Daniel Nathan
Your small group can still have an intimate and powerful worship experience without having a trained musician in your group. Worship is always God-ward. Worshipping requires we orient our hearts and minds toward God. Worship involves expressing to Him our love and adoration by engaging our full humanity [...]
Small Group Worship without a Guitar
by Daniel Nathan
I’m not in the habit of dialing up 90’s rock anthems, but some of you maybe familiar with the famous chorus line by the Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give it away give it away give it away give it away now”. The significance and meaning of the song [...]
Give it Away, Give it Away, Give it Away NOW!
by Andy Saperstein
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, a time when God’s people gather together before Him to seek Him in sobriety and hope – sobriety at the sin that has so encroached upon our lives over the past year, and hope in the freedom He offers to us as we cast [...]
Our Bent for Lent
by Daniel Nathan
We have become experts at sniffing out fakes, identifying the imposters, and avoiding dubious financial schemes. We’ve learned to be duly skeptical of “get it quick” messages that get pumped into our lives via TV, our email, or our phones and tablets.
While we’ve finely tuned our senses to [...]