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Authenticity: More Than Speaking Your Mind

“For your life is hidden with Christ in God” Colossians 3:3   “What I really see here is a lack of humility.” “He just talked the whole time, talking at me and not to me.” “He seemed to think he had all the answers and didn’t care what we thought.”   How do you receive feedback? Are you more… Or …

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From Darkness to Light

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” Eph. 5:8-11 Darkness, which in essence is the …

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Trust During Transitions

Our leader is leaving.  Uh oh!  What now?  What’s going to happen here? Transitions tend to be times of heightened anxiety.  We don’t know exactly what is going to happen.  Now, some people get an adrenaline rush thinking about such a scenario, others want to run away from that situation as fast as possible.  And, some simply see a transition …

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Priorities Series: Cultural Transformation

NOTE FROM LUMINEX: This is the eighth and final entry in our “Priorities” series. Today’s post is on Cultural Transformation, and comes from Don Poest, Interim General Secretary for the Reformed Church in America. Enjoy! “Transformed and Transforming is something the Holy Spirit has called the Reformed Church in America to do.  It is a call to live and love like …