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It Echoes Up the Holler

Terry Newsom and Mitchell Cathey are co-pastors of Cumberland Furnace COGOP in Dickson County, Tennessee. Because of their reputation as larger-than-life mountain movers, State Overseer E.C. McKinley has dubbed these Western Highland Rim ministers the “Cumberland Furnace Boys.” District presbyter Mike Burton asked them to co-pastor the church after faithful COGOP trailblazer, Pastor Buna Lampley (who had mentored them), went to glory.

THE GRACE OF GIVING

Apostle Peter writes, “We are being built up a spiritual house” (see 1 Peter 2:5 NKJV). In this “spiritual house,” systems and structure, while important, must well up from the essentials of deep intimate relationships with God and one another. Systems and structures should serve the church, not the church serving the systems and structures. In some cases, we have endeavored to develop a global financial system to produce a healthy global function of biblical stewardship. The essential relationships must precede the critical systems and structures for the spiritual health of the church at all levels of ministry to be fruitful.

GLOBAL MISSIONS

As the news reports of the growing pandemic began to escalate in early March, we were moved to action here in Global Missions Ministries.

ALIVE and WELL

For more than a century, Church of God of Prophecy pastors have prepared to step into a pulpit and address their congregations face-to-face one or more times a week. They prepared with Scripture references, three or four main points, and some had a funny story or two.

CONSIDER YOUR SERVE

Kathryn Creasy Executive Director of Leadership Development and Discipleship

TENGO QUE HACER ALGO PARA ayudarle

Todo comenzó como una introducción a su nuevo campo misionero.

LAS IGLESIAS SALUDABLES SON IGLESIAS DADIVOSAS

Por lo general cuando pienso en la dádiva viene a mi mente también esta analogía: ¿Cómo puede Dios bendecirnos si nuestras manos están apretadas, aferradas a todo lo que poseemos? La respuesta es que no puede bendecirnos. No obstante, si nuestras manos están abiertas, si damos libremente de lo que tenemos, entonces también están abiertas para recibir lo que viene de Dios.

Tres fundamento - del discipulado para grupos pequenos

Por medio de Su ministerio, enseñanza e influencia, Jesús alcanzó a miles de personas; pero la mayor parte de Su tiempo la dedicó trabajando solamente con doce.

RECIBA SU ALIENTO

El aliento de Dios da vida. Estamos aquí porque Dios sopló en nosotros aliento de vida. Ezequiel nos habla del encuentro espiritual o visión que experimentó en el capítulo 37. El Espíritu del Señor lo llevó a un valle que estaba lleno de huesos secos y le preguntó: “Hijo de hombre, ¿vivirán estos huesos?” El profeta respondió: “Señor Jehová, tú lo sabes”.

LA INVITACION

En Lucas 14 encontramos a Jesús compartiendo la historia de un hombre que preparaba una gran fiesta.

Elgran llamado

Nunca olvidaré las primeras imágenes que vi de Guatemala cuando íbamos descendiendo. Me encontraba en un avión pequeño lleno de pasajeros que salió de Miami y debajo de mí estaba la Ciudad de Guatemala.

El discipulado: Un mandato olvidado

Cuando pienso en mi crianza de niño, recuerdo algunas órdenes específicas que mis padres me dieron que estaban relacionadas a ciertas lecciones que querían que yo aprendiera.

Discipulos bacedores de discipulos

Antes de ascender al cielo, Jesús les dio la gran comisión a Sus discípulos.

Cómo influenciar a las personas influyentes

LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE LOS ABUELOS

Alguien vino a buscarme

La pastora Marcey Brannon dirige la Iglesia de Dios de la Profecía en Crab Orchard, Tenesí. Crab Orchard tiene un legado sólido en las misiones —domésticas y foráneas. Recientemente tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar a la pastora Brannon y hablar sobre las muchas maneras en que su iglesia está alcanzando a su comunidad local. Además de los ministerios que tiene, esta iglesia recauda miles de dólares anualmente para las misiones a través de ventas de garaje; distribuyen cajas de comida durante los días festivos; bendicen a las familias de bajos ingresos con regalos de Navidad; y una vez al mes sirven en un refugio local para los desamparados.

Thrive

Understanding the Gunas— the Three Energetic Qualities That Make up All of Life— Can Help You Find Balance and Insight

Meals Together at the Long Table

PLANT-BASED CHEF, NUTRITION PROFESSOR, AND RESEARCHER AMY SYMINGTON SHARES HER TAKE ON CREATING MEALS THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITY, CONNECTION, AND HEALTH.

QUARANTINE COMFORT WITH CBD

Soak for 30 to 45 minutes in a hot bath with CBD-infused soaking salts and drink a lot of water while you’re soaking.

WOMEN'S MEDITATION (IS THERE SUCH A THING?)

There’s no reason meditating has to be painful, says staff writer JULIE PETERS. As long as you are in your own thoughts and feelings, meditation can happen anywhere.

Thinking About a Career Change?

19 Ways to Rediscover Your Passion

COMMUNITY CHAMPION

S&H is recognizing Community Champions in print and online at spiritualityhealth.com, where you can read longer versions of the profiles below.

Personal Accountability in Chaos - AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES HOLLIS, PhD

“Central to the agenda of the second half of life is the recovery of permission to really own your own life: to truly feel what you feel, desire what you desire, and to pursue whatever your soul wants you to pursue. For most people, that permission is still very conditional and very remote, and you can’t get it from someone else. It takes a realization: I have to seize my life because it is short—and I’m here to place my energies where my values really are. The current crisis presents an enormous opportunity for encountering oneself and granting that permission—if we can bear it.”

Christ and Krishna

Throughout the pandemic, RABBI RAMI has been posting his responses to questions stemming from people’s concerns with COVID-19 in special editions of Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler at spiritualityhealth.com.

A Mind Shaped By Gardening

Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist and gardener. Her new book The Well-Gardened Mind explores the power of gardening to change people’s lives.

Alexandra Eldridge

S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Santa Fe-based artist Alexandra Eldridge about intuition, illustrating the tarot deck, and the importance of trusting yourself.

A pilot's reckoning

Low clouds, drizzle, poor visibility—and impatience

Counselor of Chippewa Cabin

I didn’t know if I was brave enough to go to summer camp that year

After life

How a husband’s journey to heaven—and back—consoled his wife for the second time

I married a volunteer firefighter

We said “I do,” then Jeremy raced off to do what he had to do

DOLPHINS!

Is there any sight more uplifting?