Understanding Group Dynamics

No human being could begin to peer into the inner workings of what we call the Trinity or Triune...

Asking Discussion Questions

An essential task in leading a small group is to ask questions that get the group involved in...

Consensus Decision-Making

There are only a few basic ways to make decisions in a group. It could even be said that there are...

Developing Agendas for Small Group Meetings

Many units in the discipleship curriculum include materials about why small groups are so important...

Worship

Who decides what worship is? Is it right to make the older members of a congregation uncomfortable...

Witnessing

John is the Bible writer who most uses the term “witness,” though Paul uses it many times as well....

Wellness

The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social...

Spiritual Gifts

How can you best serve Jesus? What are your spiritual gifts? Is God calling you to a specific...

Simplicity

Who in your neighborhood has the nicest car? Who in your extended family has the nicest house? Which...

Service/Volunteering

Serve. Service. Servile. Servant. Server. Servitude. Serving. [Take just two or three minutes to...

Selectivity Concerning Popular Culture

Some followers of God have been called out of the world and into a simple life, learning to be...

Sabbath Keeping

In a modern world where time is money, businesses operate twenty-four hours a day, seven days a...

Meditation

The goal of meditation is to slow down the talking that goes on constantly in our brain. We chatter...

Humility

According to Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, humility is “the quality or condition of being...

Hospitality

We’re going to examine hospitality in this session. We want to expand our definition of hospitality...

Fellowship

Fellowship, like God, is, was, and will be. Before our universe, there was fellowship. Before time...