releasing gifts

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them (Romans 12:6, ESV). While traveling outside the U.S.A. over 80 times and visiting churches in many countries around the world, I noticed one thing: an unusual “sameness.” In the U.S.A., Italy, Mexico, Cambodia, Russia, Belarus, the Philippines, and other countries, […]

But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift  (Ephesians 4:7, ESV).  During the past year, I’ve had dozens of conversations like this: OG*: “Where do you go to church?” Dozens**: “We’ve been drifting; sometimes we attend, but often we don’t. We’re having trouble feeling a purpose in our lives with