Catalyst Articles

John was arrested and thrown into prison. The grime. The filth. The disease. The darkness. All gnawed away at him until he began to second-guess.

The world will beg us to trade them in for a quicker taste of success. 

The people you and I are leading are waiting for us - as leaders - to give them permission to live lives of risk by being the first to go all in.

If you don’t want to be an intern, stop acting like one. Own your job, don’t covet someone else’s. Rise to every challenge, but never at the expense of others. Help others excel, with no expectations of any return. Be the most respectful person in the office, and never forget that public loyalty leads to private leverage.

If the fact that there are people who still need to be reached in your community in a fresh, new way doesn't make you want to try every available strategy to share the Gospel... then you might be in the wrong job.

Did you know that one-third of those who volunteer the first year will not volunteer the second year, in your ministry or anywhere else? Want to know why?

I fight these wars in my soul nearly every day. For so long I just sat in the back, my dreams spilling out on the floor. I found myself over a year ago with a giant in the world of ministry, with a big vision growing in my heart, I knew exactly what I wanted to ask: “How do you know if a vision is from God?”

Instinctively, we know what makes for a good community: a safe place where I am included, where I am known and loved, and I in turn know and love others. But it can sometimes be just a veiled request for feeling good. Once we discover that other people are deeply flawed, we often pull back, thinking everything is wrong.

This February 27th, we want to raise the bar and stand together again with people from all over the world to create even more awareness through another SHINE A LIGHT ON SLAVERY DAY.

It’s not up to chance, and it definitely matters, what you do and how you conduct yourself.  When I realized this simple fact, it completely changed the way I worked and lived.

One of the most popular questions that arises is, “What are you giving up for Lent?” I’ve heard a wide range of responses including chocolate, sodas, television, Facebook, and sugar. But I think there’s a better question to ask as we prepare for Lent: “What do you want to lay hold of?”

To many of us, the oppression in North Korea is a problem that seems far away. For Hannah Song, it hits all too close to home.