Saturday before Easter: The day we get up in the dark
Carmen’s message for Christians for Easter: During Holy Week, we know what to do on Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. But what do we do with the Saturday in between? Saturday is the day we get up in the dark. This is the witness of Christians to the world. There is darkness, but it cannot…
Read MoreDisciple Dilemma: How Discipleship can Transform a Work Place
How can a disciple help max-perform an organization? Well, it begins with the disciple! Dr. Greg Campbell, formerly the #2 Law Enforcement Office for the United States talks about his new book: “Developing You, Eleven Transformative Practices of Self-Development & Emotional Intelligence”
Read MoreThe Disciple Dilemma: Whole-Life Discipleship Part 1
An “Aussie” from London, tells two Americans about discipleship! For a lot of Western Christians, discipleship equals church. Is that Jesus’s discipleship? Not exactly. Dr. Dave Benson, of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity wants to talk about what’s missing in modern discipling, and offer real-world examples of what IS a disciple’s life and community.…
Read MoreThe Disciple Dilemma: Is Something off with Discipleship in the West, Part 2
Part 2 of Carmen’s interview episode on “Is Something Off in Western Discipleship?” Here’s what we talked about:
Read MoreThe Disciple Dilemma: Is Something Off with Discipleship in the West, Part 1
What’s missing for followers of Jesus, compared with Christ’s way of “doing” discipleship? Tune in and have a listen!
Read MoreNED Talk at Northwestern College
How do we speak with grace and truth in this crazy, TikTok-pace world? Carmen encourages and challenges the next generation to engage in some of the toughest, but most needed cultural conversations.
Read MoreChapel Talk at Northwestern College
To become and ambassador of the Kingdom of Heaven, we need to know the King and the things that matter to Him.
Read MoreBelhaven Chapel Message
Carmen spoke to the students at Belhaven about finding their identity in Christ.
Read MoreSpeak the Truth: Sharing what we know
Speaking the Truth: The image of God and the #GerberBaby
Gerber has chosen its spokesbaby of the year and his name is Lucas. He’s a one year old from Dalton, Georgia and he has Down Syndrome. That’s a first for Gerber and its a milestone for Americans with Downs or with kids who have Downs. If Lucas’ mom had lived in Iceland, he almost certainly…
Read MoreSpeaking the Truth: The Testimony of Rachel Denhollander
If you’ve ever wondered what speaking the truth looks like, Rachel Denhollander has given us a beautiful, powerful example. She is not defined by her victimhood but by her identity in Christ as a beloved child of God, redeemed. Her testimony reminds us that neither evil, nor what others mean for evil, has the last…
Read MoreWhat does it look like to have a distinctively Christian witness in politics?
I talked with my friend Joseph Williams about what it looks like for Christians to be involved in politics while having a distinctive witness. “Policies and political issues are always their core about people.” Joseph Williams, a native Tennessean, is an attorney and founding partner of the Peacefield Group, a legal and policy consulting firm…
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