White Wing Messenger
Ways Your Church Can Use TECHNOLOGY in Children's Miinistry
I remember using cutting-edge technology in children’s ministry twenty years ago. Our church had splurged and bought an expensive “Kid’s Church” curriculum. It came with full-color transparencies for an overhead projector to go with each week’s story. It was amazing! And we used video clips, too—I would cue up the VHS tape, remote in hand, ready to start and stop the clip at just the right moment.
5 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
The Marriage Knot
Carl Corser is an ordained bishop, serves as president of the Gideons Cleveland North Camp, board of directors and chaplain of the Peach State Tractor Club, and owner of Corser Enterprises.
3 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
GLOBAL MISSIONS MINISTERIES: HARVEST PARTNERS AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS
Early this year, we received a call from a Harvest Partner church in Tucson wishing to assist in some short-term way to bless pastors of local churches in the nations that were not receiving regular support.
3 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
IF JESUS HAD TikTok
There wasn’t much technology in Jesus’ day. His ministry was spread on foot, by boat, and even by donkey. Jesus and His disciples wore robes and sandals and used silver as currency. Can you imagine if Jesus came down to earth in the twenty-first century? He would go from a tech-free world to a whirlwind of Instagram influencers, tweets, and TikTok dances.
2 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
DEVELOPING LEADERS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
The term “Age of Technology” applies more today than any time in the past. Due to the pandemic this year, we have seen technology and social media become the primary medium for corporate worship, education, world news, and even personal relationships.
4 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES Unwrapping the Servant Kids Can Serve
Shaun McKinley International Children’s Ministries Director
5 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
Back to Normal
The year 2020 will be one we remember as different from anything most of us have ever witnessed. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we were confined to our homes, were told to maintain social distancing, and had to wear masks in public. Hospitals were overcrowded with staff working long hours and some with limited supplies.
3 min |
August 2020
White Wing Messenger
ALIVE and WELL
In the July WWM issue, we shared updates from pastors across the nation on how their church was remaining “Alive and Well” during the coronavirus pandemic. The responses were so numerous we are continuing the series to further encourage church members and leaders.
7 min |
August 2020
Better Nutrition
Crystal Clear
Jewelry historian Carol Woolton, author of The New Stone Age: Ideas and Inspiration for Living with Crystals, cuts through the hype about these fascinating stones.
5 min |
August 2020
Mysterious Ways
Q&A - Elise Ballard
A CONVERSATION WITH THE EPIPHANY EXPERT
6 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
News From Around Our Wonderful World
West Warwick, Rhode Island On a Saturday night in early February 2020, Lindsey Sheely ordered a pizza delivery for her family.
2 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
Mom's Last Gift
“Your mother’s breast cancer has returned, and it’s metastasized to her bones,” said my mother’s doctor. “It’s…everywhere. I’m so sorry, Roberta.”
3 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
Martin's Miracle
On the mountainside of Mount Sainte-Odile in Alsace, France, I stopped to catch my breath. My three kids and I had planned to meet here—but they were nowhere in sight. I guess they’d changed their minds and decided to stay back at the abbey. Oh well, I thought. Perhaps expecting teens to be excited about a religious relic was a little ambitious.
3 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
Jim and the Mystery Bullet
My father-in-law, Jim Matis, was a natural storyteller. He loved regaling his friends with tales, drawing them in with quick jokes and easy conversation.
4 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
An Unlikely Guardian
I headed out for my daily walk one August morning, but the back road behind my house was muddy. Too muddy for me. At 66, I couldn’t risk slipping. I’ll take the main road today, I thought. That should be safer.
1 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Just a quick Google search and there it was—an eBay listing for a Big Mouth Billy Bass, available to the highest bidder. I matched the asking price and crossed my fingers. It looked exactly like the one my ex-husband had brought home all those years ago, back in 1999.
3 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
Six Types of Heaven Sent Visions
Have you experienced something you couldn’t explain? An image that warned you of impending danger? A voice that brought you comfort when you needed it most? You may have experienced a prophetic vision. According to preacher and writer Dr. James W. Goll, there are 12 types of prophetic visions in the Bible. As Dr. Goll says, “Prophetic visions are not just for prophets.” They’re signs and messages from God we still experience today. Here are six of types of them:
2 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
A Shared Glimpse
JEFF OLSEN: The accident happened while we were driving back to our home in Bountiful, Utah, from a visit to relatives in the southern part of the state. My wife, Tamara, was asleep beside me. Our seven-year-old son, Spencer, was in the back seat, playing with his toys. Our toddler, Griffin, slept in his car seat. The road stretched out ahead, and my eyes grew heavy. It felt as if I’d blinked for just a second.
10 min |
August/September 2020
Mysterious Ways
A Letter to My Granddaughter, on Her Graduation Day
My Dear Granddaughter, Congratulations on your high school graduation. I wanted to get you something special for the occasion. I came across the enclosed hand-painted feather in a gift shop on a recent trip to Arizona. It felt like the right gift because it also comes with a story. One I haven’t told you before. It’s about your biological mother—my daughter, Missy.
4 min |
August/September 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
THE HEARTFUL STRATEGIST - PART 5
In the earlier articles of this series, RAVI VENKATESAN introduced the Heartful Strategist framework. He covered how consciousness is limited by certain vicious cycles of negative emotions. He also looked at examples of shifts that can be made to allow consciousness to expand through broadening our perspective and “thinking” for the benefit of broader and broader circles of influence. In this article he explores tendencies and thought patterns, and how specific practices can help with shifting these. As background, you can read parts 3 and 4 of this series again.
3 min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
SURRENDERING TO WHOM?
DR ICHAK K. ADIZES challenges us all to learn to listen to what feels right and wrong in the heart. He encourages us to find God’s will within ourselves.
3 min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Heart Is Where We Experience Connection
MIRABAI BUSH is the author of Working with Mindfulness, co-creator of Google’s “Search Inside Yourself” program, co-founder of the Centre for Contemplative Mind and Society and a founding board member of the Seva Foundation. Some of her other literary works include Contemplation Nation, Contemplative Practices in Higher Education and Walking Each Other Home, co-authored with Ram Dass. Here she speaks with PURNIMA RAMAKRISHNAN as part of the GLOW Webinar series, on her journey and evolution during the last 50 years, and on the role of her teacher in that transformation.
10+ min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
Sleep Over It
HARI VENKATESAN takes the approach of self-compassion towards self-improvement and managing emotions. Here he shares some tips from his own experience.
3 min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Fountain Within - An Art Essay
NARENDRA KINI manages to integrate his work as a successful Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur with being an artist, a poet and seeker of higher truth through meditative practices. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Global Touchpoints, and here he talks of how he finds his inspiration for creativity and art.
4 min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
Part 2 - Transforming Awareness: Being a Life Coach
In October 2019, PETER J. REDING spoke with VICTOR KANNAN about being a pioneer in the field of professional Life Coaching. In part 2, they speak about the importance of sacred space, inner connection, and revitalizing the sacred in secular spaces through awareness.
10+ min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
Raising CONSCIOUSNESS - PART 2
In April 2020, BRUCE LIPTON spoke with UDAY KUMAR about the transition our planet is going through right now, and what we need to do to raise our consciousness to the next level. In part 2, he goes into more detail about epigenetics, consciousness, and how we remain preprogrammed until we evolve our consciousness through meditation. It is our programs more than anything external that hack our attention.
10+ min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
One Human Family - IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
All around the world, we are in lockdown in a bid to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus. And we are coming to terms with this collective experience. In this article, RUBY CARMEN shares some insights, inspirations and suggestions for coping well in this extraordinary time.
3 min |
July 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
A User's Guide to Living - Part 7 - COMMUNITY
DAAJI continues his series on everyday living, introducing the sixth universal principle of the User’s Guide, which is to know everyone as our brethren and treat them as such. As a starting point, this sixth principle helps us to overcome prejudice, and develop mutual love and respect with all beings. As we take it further, it unfolds into a state of unity and oneness that is a reflection of the original Source.
10 min |
July 2020
White Wing Messenger
STEPPING FORWARD TO SERVE
Serving humanity is the mission and core value adopted by the Great Commission (GC) COGOP in Rongai-Tuala, Kenya, since its beginning. Our mandate is to reach out and share the love and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ with a lost and hurting world. The GCCOGOP is always looking for opportunities to fulfill this mandate.
2 min |
July 2020
White Wing Messenger
Little is much When God is In It
DRAPER VIRGINIA COGOP
2 min |