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One of the books I picked up at Exponential this year was Transformed by Caesar Kalinowski.  He was one of my favorite workshop speakers.  Here are several quotes from his book: all of those disciplines are meant to be a means of creating space and time for God to act, for the Spirit to speak to us in intimate ways. The discipline itself is not what changes us--it is God's grace that does. The Bible teaches that if we are in Christ, we have become part of a family of missionary servants, sent as disciples who make disciples. For years I believed the bumper sticker theology that told me I was a "saved sinner" instead of the truth that I am now a saint (member of God's family) who still sins. It is not that we have to live this way. We get to. Sharing life together, centered on the gospel, is the closest thing this side of heaven to walking with Jesus in the flesh. Most of the things we've learned to do as missionaries just involve normal, everyday activit...

Today is the National Day of Prayer. It is a day set aside to pray for our country. It is a time to stop the busyness and rush of life and get away to a quiet place and spend some extended time in prayer. Hopefully, this day is marked by more than just a quick prayer to get through the day. I pray it is a day of transformation as God transforms us and our cities, states, nation, and world as he hears and answers prayer. But even if the answer is no or wait, we will be transformed by spending time with our awesome God. I wanted to highlight a few things that we are doing at Hesston MB Church in connection with the National Day of Prayer this year. Last night, we held a Concert of Prayer at 7 p.m. I want to thank Angie Selden (and whoever else from Sterling College) that led the first concert of prayer I attended. This is a time of worship through song and prayers connected together. The way I have planned them over the last few years include several songs to start the evening...