Seeing Change Differently
by Joani Schultz Change is scary. What’s happening to the church as we know it makes a lot of us nervous. Even downright fearful. All this change reminds me of…
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Like Riding a Bike: Overcoming the Fear of Experiential Learning
by Joani Schultz “People talk about bike riding when they want to remind us that some things, once learned, are not forgotten. What they don’t mention is how we learned.…
Why a Baby Makes a Difference
by Joani Schultz Christmas reminds me of Jesus—and how our “hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight.” To think God would bundle himself in a…
The Ripple Theory: The Power of You
by Joani Schultz You have incredible power. Yes, you. I’ll call it The Ripple Theory. Like a pebble thrown in a pond, as small as it seems, it creates rings…
The Power of Vulnerability
by Joani Schultz Who thinks weakness is strong? God. God’s ways are not our ways. The Bible says that. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For…
Enduring the Crown of Thorns
No Holy Week has ever rocked our planet like this. Or has it? COVID-19 now. Jesus’ journey to the cross then. A close-to-home “now” touched me when fear gripped our…
Anticipating the Kingdom: “A parable of the Magic Kingdom” (Disneyland)
“…unless you become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.” — Jesus Our almost-3-year-old granddaughter gave us the gift of a parable—in addition to a…
The Prodigal Church?
My husband Thom and I released a book called Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore. Its message has resonated with tens of thousands of people who see the…
Human Kind
It seemed so simple. My husband dropped me off before going to search for a parking space. Since MS has robbed me of my balance, walking from the car to…
The Stickiness of Experience
“So he [Jesus] got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the…
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