Mike Glenn

The ECN School of Ministry is off and running! We just finished our first cohort and we’re enrolling students for the spring. Find out more at ecnschoolofministry.com!

Sometimes, the deepest prayers are said without words. Don't worry if you don't know what to say when you pray. Just sit there. Jesus will heal you.

Anger is energy. Nothing more and nothing less. The sin is not getting angry, but it misusing the energy that anger brings.

Have you prayed about it?

Our cars have warning lights that tell us our cars need service. While our bodies and minds don't have warning lights, they do have signs that tell us something needs to be taken care of.

I hope you read a lot of books, but nothing takes the place of reading Scripture in the life of a Christ-follower.

Worship is the moment we make sure God is in the center of our universe. He alone has the gravitational pull to hold the aspects of our lives in their proper orbits.

Forgiveness and reconciliation aren't the same thing. Forgiveness is the first step of healing. Reconciliation means the relationship is being restored. In some cases, such as abuse, it would be unwise and unsafe to re-engage the relationship. You can forgive someone without being reconciled to them.

Where is God asking you to trust Him right now?

Yes, the church loves people as they come, but that's only half of the mission. The other half of the mission is loving people into who Christ desires them to become.

We were created to be in partnership with God in His redemptive work in the world. This presupposes two things: knowing God and knowing what's He's doing in the world around us. We can't know what we're supposed to do until we understand what God is doing.

The best way to predict the future is to create it (Abraham Lincoln).

Prayer isn’t about getting Jesus to see things our way, but about us hearing again how much He loves us. All the healing, hope, and joy we seek is in that one moment.

Be patient with yourself. You didn’t figure it all out last year. You probably won’t this year. Sometimes good enough is good enough.

Forgive whom you need to forgive. Release what you no longer need to carry. Lay down un-productive burdens. The new year will bring enough new challenges without us bringing left-over bitterness, anger, resentment and grudges into the new year.

When pastors stand up to preach, they are sure the Bible is trustworthy and true. The congregation isn’t so sure. The Bible’s truth claim is just one of many they’ve heard that morning. We no longer preach in a post Christian world. We are preaching in a post-truth world.

If a door is closed, find another door. Climb out a window. Dig a tunnel. Do something. Don’t just keep standing in front of a closed door wondering why nothing is changing.

This year, find a Bible study, a band of brothers or sisters, to do life with. Life is too hard to try to get through all by yourself.

Most of our New Year’s resolutions will be lost by February. We have to change the way we live – the structures of our days – in order to make our new resolutions a reality.

Jesus said His disciples would do what they have seen Him do. The sign of a true disciple is redemption action, not just Biblical trivia.

I will study and prepare myself and I know one day my chance will come (Abraham Lincoln).