by Mark Blankespoor | Mar 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m reading the book “Lead Like Jesus” (Revisited edition of 2016; authors Ken Blanchard, Phil Hodges and Phyllis Hendry) and I’m recognizing numerous valuable insights for us as Vital Men. In the upcoming weeks I’ll be sharing additional...
by Mark Blankespoor | Feb 25, 2025 | Uncategorized, Vital Men Devotions
Matthew 6:34 NIV: Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. We live in a fear-based culture. News broadcasts and social media spin us out of control if we spend extended time plugging into...
by Dana Sereg | Dec 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hebrews 13:5 “…Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has...
by Andy Baker | Oct 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I started in ministry I was very idealistic and incredibly naïve. I was definitely not ready to see the dirty underbelly of the Church. I had been at my first church for about a year, and God had blessed us with incredible growth. Virtually every week new and...
by Andy Baker | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
My Bible reading plan currently has me walking through Kings and Chronicles. If you’ve ever read through these books, you know that Israel/Judah had no shortage of awful kings. While there are good (yet flawed) kings like David, Solomon, and Hezekiah, there are many...
by Andy Baker | Sep 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Of all the ways God calls us to be different than the world, the one we THINK we understand the best is that we have different values. We all know that Christians are supposed to live according to a different set of values. We understand we are to obey the...
