2021 was the first year since you called me to NorthHaven Church as your pastor that we didn’t have a stewardship sermon series in the Fall. In the year when our financial challenges are the …
Dear NorthHaven,
There will be no Sunday School on the Sundays of 1/16, 1/23 & 1/30.
After having to cancel Sunday school at the last minute the last two weeks due to a lack of healthy volunteers …
Nearly two decades ago a group of moderate and progressive Baptist dreamers gathered to pray about the future of the Church in Norman, Oklahoma. They dared to let themselves envision a church without divided loyalties, …
“NOOOO!!!”
Fear rolled over me as I spun my head around and searched the back seat of my car for the source of mortal terror.
In the back seat, Hadley screamed like a snake crawled into the …
Last week I posted on Facebook asking y’all to bring coats for adults in need and to donate money so that we can buy new, modest coats for kids in need. A mother from OKC …
One question I (Jakob) started asking people when they come to NorthHaven for benevolence needs is where they go to church. For a long time I neglected to ask, because I didn’t want to come …
This is a story about why we don’t pay rent with benevolence money and the time we did.
Several years ago Baylor School of Social Work put on a course for ministers to learn how …
In his ministry, Jesus often acts in such a way to humble the wise while also giving dignity to the lowly. He scolds the Pharisees and the rulers of the day, yet speaks graciously with …
Foster care is near and dear to our heart at NorthHaven.
Last week I was contacted by a NorthHaven member who knew a foster family struggling to make ends meet at the beginning of the school …
July-September is always a busy benevolence season. Children go back to school and extra expenses ensue.
Some people spend all of their flexible income on back to school supplies and clothes for their kids and then …
On Monday, I wore my NorthHaven t-shirt with a rainbow flag on it to the gym for the first time.
The gym I workout at is more industrial than commercial. It’s an old big rig garage …
Depression: 13 Ways to Care for Yourself and Others
Jakob Topper
A couple weeks ago I was on a zoom call with 10 pastors spread across the country and between 3 denominations. By the end of the call, 4 of the 10 pastors admitted to struggling …
