Catalyst Library

We can’t look at our potential through the lens of what we can do on our own power. That’s not how the truly big things happen. The big things happen when God steps in. He stands ready to do more in us and through us than we can ask or imagine. He’s just getting started.

Most churches have some gaps when it comes to groups. Many church leaders are troubled by these gaps. If you’re not yet, allow me to help you get troubled!

We asked our interns what FIVE books they would say are must reads for someone in their TWENTIES. They came up with an incredible list. Feel free to add your own suggestions.

Great team leaders will always see opportunities for them as opportunities for their team.  Many times they will use the resources given to them to celebrate, develop and care for their teams.  It is so powerful when leaders are with their teams until the last chair is stacked and the lights are turned out.

An identity that is rooted in anything other than our relationship with God the Father leads us away from vocation, as we are tempted to continually try to perform tasks and achieve goals in order to earn God’s approval. Rather than starting with a rooted identity and allowing vocation to flow out of that, we try to find identity in the work we do.

In today’s culture, it’s easy for people to desire to be known by what they have, rather than who they are. We’re taught from a young age that in order to be known, we must have the most and be the biggest.

Figure out who you want to be, not what you want to do. Who you are is more important than what you do or where you live. Spiritually, financially, family, emotionally, relationally.

Do we want to restore the credibility of the gospel in a culture that ‘s increasingly cynical toward our message? If so, Francis would tell us to turn our attention back to the early churches ministry of reconciliation, and make peacemaking at home and abroad a priority.