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 …
“The crowning evidence that Jesus was alive was not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled-away stone, but a carried-away church.”Clarence JordanIn 1918 when my Mother was five years old, her father …
A quick scan of social media these days will expose many fractures that exist within our world. Perhaps these cracks and breaks have been around for a while, and we are just now made more …
Whether it was to give up sweets, run a marathon, learn a new language or lose a pound, chances are most of us have already given up on our New Year’s resolutions. After all, we’re …
The photograph is of Lance Corporal Pierre Mugabo, carrying a cross at the head of a funeral procession for his father, who died of malnutrition while in a prison camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This …
As I studied last week, my attention was drawn to the 11th chapter of 1 Corinthians, verses 2-16. As a female in ministry I am intrigued by scripture that, when taken at face value, might appear …
Saturday, August 12, was my birthday. I woke up that morning looking forward to a day with my family and dreaming about what the upcoming year might hold. Forty-seven years ago, on that day, my …
