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On accountability, serving, church life, and following Jesus in the real world. Got a question you'd like me to write about? Ask it anonymously.
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January 23, 2026 · Under the Hood
Why a Church Fixes Cars for Free
What's behind a church free car repair ministry? The honest reason The Garage at Living Faith exists, and why it isn't really about the cars.
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January 17, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Should I Leave My Church? Three Questions to Ask First
Asking "should I leave my church?" Before you go, sit with three honest questions that have kept many church families from breaking apart too soon.
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January 10, 2026 · Second Fiddle
Before You Say Yes: Why Spouse Alignment Is Non-Negotiable
A ministry marriage can carry a heavy calling, but only if both of you chose it. Why to wait until you're aligned, and what the spouse has permission to say.
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January 3, 2026 · Turn the Key
The Affinity Principle: Stop Inviting People to Church Events
Affinity ministry gathers people around something they already love, cars, food, art, sports, and lets real friendships carry the Gospel.
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December 27, 2025 · Full Service
The Car Is Never Just the Car: A Good Samaritan Lesson for Volunteers
The Good Samaritan lesson most of us miss: the priest and Levite saw the man too. The difference was attention. How to see the person behind the task.
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December 20, 2025 · Under the Hood
The Road Test: Why New Christians Aren't Perfect Overnight
The meaning of Philippians 1:6 for anyone who trusted Jesus and still struggles: God finishes what he starts, and he does it on the road.
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December 11, 2025 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Forgiveness Is Not the Same as Trust
Forgiveness vs reconciliation vs trust: why forgiving someone takes only you, while repairing the relationship takes two people, time, and truth.
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December 6, 2025 · Giving Account
The Weekly Self-Report, Walked Through with an Example
Four weekly accountability questions, one hypothetical week: how a man drafts his self-report on Sunday night, fixes it, and reads it aloud first.
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November 27, 2025 · Second Fiddle
Pastoral Loneliness Is Structural. Here's How to Fight It.
Pastor loneliness isn't a personal failing. It's built into the role. Why it happens, the temptation it creates, and two kinds of friendship that answer it.
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November 22, 2025 · Turn the Key
Why We Started a 501(c)(3), and It Wasn't About Taxes
Our church ministry's 501c3 was a partnership strategy, not a tax strategy. When a separate nonprofit makes sense, and what it doesn't change.
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November 15, 2025 · Full Service
God Doesn't Call Generic Volunteers
Spiritual gifts for volunteers aren't only up-front, Sunday-morning abilities. Preparation, encouragement, and skill all count. How to find and offer yours.
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November 7, 2025 · Under the Hood
Handing Over the Keys: What Is Repentance and Faith?
What is repentance and faith? Two church words explained in plain language, using the simplest moment at any repair shop: handing over your keys.
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October 31, 2025 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Serving With People, Not at Them: How Churches Should Serve the Poor
How churches should serve the poor starts with posture. Why charity from above does harm, and what serving with people looks like instead.
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October 23, 2025 · Second Fiddle
Nobody Will Ask About Your Heart: Soul Care for Busy Pastors
Pastor soul care doesn't happen by accident, least of all for bi-vocational pastors. Three things it takes, and the warning signs that it's slipping.
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October 18, 2025 · Turn the Key
From Five Cars a Year to Five Hundred
How our church car repair ministry grew from about five cars a year to five hundred in eighteen months, and why the change was in the model, not the effort.
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October 18, 2025
What the Bible Says About Speaking in Tongues
What tongues are, the three ways the gift shows up in Scripture, why no one is required to speak in tongues, and the guardrails Paul gives the church.
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October 11, 2025
Filled with the Spirit: Indwelling, Fruit, Gifts, and Power for Ministry
How the Spirit worked in the Old Testament and the New, why every believer has him from salvation, and why we still ask for fresh filling for ministry.
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October 9, 2025 · Full Service
The Most Dangerous Volunteer: Pride in Ministry
Pride in ministry rarely looks like arrogance. It looks like your best volunteer. How to spot the quiet signs in yourself, and what actually cures it.
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October 8, 2025
Speak, Lord, Your Servant Is Listening
How to listen for God, with help from the desert fathers, the Puritans, and John Mark Comer, plus a simple 15-minute practice you can start tomorrow.
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October 1, 2025 · Under the Hood
Too Far Gone for God? He Doesn't Use the Insurance Company's Math
Feeling too far gone for God? Insurance companies write off wrecked cars. God doesn't calculate that way. Here's what grace means.