by David Swanson When I pray for our president and other government leaders, I pray that they have wisdom. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,” according to Proverbs 1:7. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding,” according to Psalm 111:10. [...]
Managing Workflow
Managing the communication efforts for a worldwide organization is never easy. The challenge is exacerbated ...
Discipleship (Week 2): If God’s People …
by David Swanson As we pray for our government, 2 Chronicles 7:14 becomes a practical verse: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their [...]
Managing Workflow
Managing the communication efforts for a worldwide organization is never easy. The challenge is exacerbated when the communications team is made up of only nine people … working remotely across three states. Take a look at just a handful of the projects our team accomplished over the past six months: Deployed an organization-wide online giving [...]
Virtual Community
Is it possible for a team to be cohesive, effective and healthy and not work in the same building? The short answer: Yes. But like any team or community, it takes work. Light & Life Communications is a team of nine that works in three states in seven cities. Over the past two years, we’ve [...]
Michael Scott – Inspired by B.T. Roberts
Michael Scott is running for state representative of Indiana’s 91st District. He shares about how is thoughts on politics changed after reading Populist Saints.
Discipleship (Week 4): Numerically Speaking
by Kelli Wommack In “Transforming Church in Rural America,” Shannon O’Dell reports that 61 percent of U.S. churchgoers attend churches with attendance of 60 or fewer. So why do we think large churches are the norm? All healthy churches should have a desire to grow — numerically and spiritually. However, for small churches in rural [...]
LLM: May 2012
Free to Be Politically Active Hello, I’m Jason, and I’m addicted to politics. Peek into the window of the Archer home on debate or election nights, and you’ll see me watching hours of coverage and analysis. I digest CNN, MSNBC, Fox and, for fun, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Why do I pay such [...]
Government and God’s Will
by Matthew Hansen In this election year, how can we “seek first [God’s] kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33) without neglecting to “seek the peace and prosperity of the city” (Jeremiah 29:7)? How do we engage government without lusting after power that may cause us to promote our own will or territory at the expense [...]
Why I Lost My Mind
Here’s a no-brainer: Religion and politics don’t mix. I’ve heard that my whole life from all sorts of people. I must have lost my mind, because I reject that maxim. I firmly assert they do mix, at least for the mind made new by the Spirit of Jesus. First, because Jesus is Lord, who He [...]
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