Interviews

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

Paco Amador: A Church With a Heart for Immigrants

"In our community, we’re all immigrants from different generations. We need to continue to talk about how the goodness of God has placed us in a position where we can actually be God's instrument to bless others."

Lisa Fields: Wrestling With Doubt

Oftentimes, what made you believe could actually make someone else disbelieve, because we’re all seeing it through different lenses.

Joni Eareckson Tada: Nothing Wasted

“Grace is like water—it always seeks the lowest level. The more we see ourselves as needy in God’s eyes, the roomier our soul is to receive his grace.”

Matt Chandler: Victory Is Assured

Because of Jesus we can endure anything.

Kevin Harney: Learning to Say No

A good leader knows how to strategically say no to good things in order to embrace the best.

Lee Strobel: Asking the Real Questions

Apologetics is just knocking down some of the barriers. It’s the relationship that God uses to bring people to faith.

Joel Muddamalle: Total Dependence

We think humility is an invitation for people to walk all over us, for endless suffering, to be left out. Yet the Bible doesn’t present that at all.

Léonce B. Crump Jr.: Recovering Resilience

Trust is built when there is an opportunity to have a catalytic moment where someone shares their story, where you see into that person.