servant evangelism - steve sjogren

Blessed Are the Rubbish Collectors: Pastor Doug’s Roadside Redemption

Picture this: a lone figure on the side of the road, armed with nothing but a grabber and a real estate A-frame sign declaring...
fishbone

Lesson #4: What You Have Known Will Probably Be Recycled

#4: What You Have Known Will Probably Be Recycled During my medical meltdown, when I was "out," I heard God speak to me in...
bird in rain

Lesson #3: In Humbling, There Is Restoration

Lesson #3: In Humbling, There Is Restoration Once you’ve gone through a death process you have experienced the most extreme version of humbling. No...
window cleaning outreach

94 Servant Evangelism Ideas for Your Church

Servant Evangelism (SE) connects people to people in a natural, easy, low- risk, high grace way. Who doesn't like to be given a cold...
Johnny Appleseed

6 Outreach Leadership Lessons From Johnny Appleseed

John Chapman, aka the legendary “Johnny Appleseed”, was a missionary who reached out to Native Americans in the Ohio Valley in the early 1800s. He...

MUST READ

OBL

Was Osama Bin Laden Saved?

The cover of Time magazine recently featured Pastor Rob Bell and his controversial new book that hones in on the weighty issue of eternity....
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Why Kindness?

I was asked to write two book forwards this week.  This is something I have done for a number of writers – more in...
turtle and rabbit

Lesson #10: Turtles Last Longer Than Rabbits

#10: Turtles Last Longer Than Rabbits You’ve heard Aesop’s story about the tortoise and the hare. In this classic tale, the hare takes off quickly...
Burning Man

7.5 Lessons I Learned About Outreach At Burning Man

The famous Burning Man Festival is happening right now in the desert north of Reno right now. About 50,000 people from all over the world...
lighthouse

Doing Outreach or Reaching Out?

When we do outreach by serving - servant evangelism (kindness outreach) - to give away bottles of water at a stoplight or clean toilets...
night city people

Have You Considered Starting A Sunday PM Service?

There has been talk of late about the downside of starting Saturday evening services. Having pioneered that time slot from the get-go as an...
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Go Out Anyway

Just Show Up! When it comes to doing outreach projects with teams a lot can go right... and wrong. After doing team-oriented outreaches for decades...
David hearing

Simplifying God’s Voice

Do you feel inadequate in the area of connecting with God's voice? When you hear others mention they have gotten specific guidance from God...
Whoopi

Lesson #7: God Will Intervene

#7: God Will Intervene I was in a coma state for an extended time after my death. When I came out of the coma I...

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OUTREACH & EVANGELISM

fishbone

Lesson #4: What You Have Known Will Probably Be Recycled

#4: What You Have Known Will Probably Be Recycled During my medical meltdown, when I was "out," I heard God speak to me in...
Outflow

Are You In Outflow Mode?

"Outflow" is the word I used in a recent book to describe the attitude we live in when we are noticing our way into...

Dissecting A Water Bottle Give Away

What Is This About Anyway? We've all been warned to be drinking at least a liter of water per day. Who would have guessed 20...

LEADERSHIP

bird in rain

Lesson #3: In Humbling, There Is Restoration

Lesson #3: In Humbling, There Is Restoration Once you’ve gone through a death process you...
breaking light city

Lesson #2: When God Shows Up Everything Is Subject To Change

Lesson #2: When God Shows Up Everything Is Subject To Change When I died I was...
turtle

Press On No Matter What

Rolling Stone magazine asked Bob Dylan where he stood spiritually a while back. A fair...
skyscraper wall

Succeed by Persevering

So much is riding on our capacity to simply stick with the plan—to continue to...
Doorway Tree Door

Ask… Seek… Knock… Our Way Forward

I was able to speak this morning to the gathered Coastland Church at the Brandon...

LIFE LESSONS

bird in rain

Lesson #3: In Humbling, There Is Restoration

Lesson #3: In Humbling, There Is Restoration Once you’ve gone through a death process you have experienced the most extreme version of humbling. No...

MEDIA

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah: A Catalyst For Kindness?

Have you noticed that on every cover of Oprah’s magazine she is smiling? Think about what you want, but I believe her smile is...