The Pursuit

Will I Ever See Revival?

Jason — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:51:01 +0000

Photo Credit: Natasha Panagiotopoulou Have you heard people throw around the word “revival”? It seems like an old word not worth throwing around. Something that happened in Acts 2 and a few other times in history. But it’s a fad that’s long gone. Revival, in essence, is a powerful movement of the Holy Spirit. There [...]

Voting.

Jason — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:37:54 +0000

I voted earlier today in my small town in Michigan. The building is in my neighborhood – it’s the senior center. The senior center is across the street from the elementary school where my wife teaches. The school is a two-minute walk to the church I attend. There’s a McDonalds across the street from [...]

Why Christian Higher Education

Jason — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:33:46 +0000

Education for Generations Christian higher education is part of the Free Methodist bedrock. Our denomination was founded in 1860. Chili Seminary, now Roberts Wesleyan College, began offering classes in 1866. Christian higher education was never an afterthought to our forebears. It’s not today either. I’m a first-generation graduate of Free Methodist higher education from Spring [...]

Virtual Community

Jason — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:16:01 +0000

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 [...]

Video Conferencing

Jason — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:06:27 +0000

With a virtual team of communication professionals leading a worldwide organization, the challenge in front of us is: “How do we connect and collaborate?” We’ll be writing a lot about virtual community in the coming months, but today I want to focus on video conferencing. In our work at the Free Methodist Church – USA, we [...]