There is a story told about the great country music guitarist, Chet Atkins (1924-2001). One day, Atkins was in a recording session with several inexperienced musicians who struggled to keep up with his genius and creativity. Exhausted and exasperated, one of them finally blurted out,...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with LeAnna Morgan Key, Ellie Mosby, and the Rev. Sherrad Hayes (Union Baptist Church, West Point, GA) about what large churches can learn from the small congregation, deepening faith beyond a simple "how to" approach, and getting our hearts in...
In the 1930s, amid a world breaking down and lashing out, Langston Hughes wrote a poem that began: I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Nearly a century later, these words still resonate—perhaps more powerfully than ever. As...
The young man had done everything right. He kept the commandments, lived honorably, and when he encountered Jesus, he asked the best possible question: "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" Yet when Jesus answered—"Sell what you have, give to the poor, and follow...
Program Director Adam Borneman speaks with Ellie Mosby, LeAnna Morgan Key, and the Rev. Sherrad Hayes (Union Baptist Church, West Point, GA) about the challenges and blessings of small church ministry, making a difference in people's lives, and the power of knowing the person sitting...
Most of us spend a lot of time waiting. Waiting in traffic, waiting at airports, waiting through commercial breaks on Netflix. It makes me think Mark Twain was right when he quipped, “Good things come to those who wait – provided they don’t die in...
Program Staff Ryan Bonfiglio, Adam Mixon, Adam Borneman, Beth Daniel, and Mark Ramsey speak signs of hope in ministry, the critical need for Christian community, and why they believe in the work of The Ministry Collaborative. Contact TMC....
“Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed thy hand hast provided; Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me …” Hymn: Great Is Thy Faithfulness For the 25 years that I have lived in America, I have loved Thanksgiving (the holiday)....
In her remarkable poem Obligations 2, Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier invites us to travel down a path of our choosing. It’s notable how each line of the poem draws us down the page, from reaction through action, into the rawness of grief, then finally...