How the Church Can Recover the Multiplying Heart of the Father There is a hidden tension pulsing beneath the surface of the modern Church—atension few name, but every leader feels.It is not primarily about programs or strategy. It is about love and fear… and legacy.It’s what might be called the Father Complex of Church leadership—the…
We all “drink in” something to navigate life. For some, it’s literal alcohol; for many others, it’s a relentless diet of social media, driven ambition, endless tasks, or even the pervasive whispers of self-condemnation. We consume these things not just for fleeting pleasure, but often as a desperate attempt to silence an inner turmoil, a…
I’m doing a bit of a tour this fall in Virginia and Georgia, but I may even take off to new locations where there is interest! Let me know if so. For more details or phone numbers, write me personally. November in Georgia Thursday, October 31st7:00 – 9:00pmCedartown First Methodist parlorCedartown, GA Saturday, November 2nd5:00…
The world is waiting for a church that leads the way in love. Jesus prayed that we might be “one,” even as Jesus and the Father are one – a depth of unity and love that would attract the world to Christ (Jn. 17:21-23). Lyle Thomas has pursued this vision since 1997 when the Lord…
The following is written by one of the members of our team, Anya Gandy, who has been helping lead on of our core classes: Real Talk. At one of the online Real Talk classes put on by the Novo Russia team, I was facilitating the practice of the so-called Cycle of Understanding, and this was…
How many on your team? We have 14 “covenanted” members, and about as many more volunteers. Several of them raise their own support as well, if you feel led to support them. Do you charge for your services to Russians? Mostly yes, but not enough to cover expenses as of yet. What is your target…
I got an unexpected letter of thanks today that blew me away from Nastya, who is training to be a life coach with me, and who spent some time when she and her future husband lived in St. Petersburg in our trainings. Later I married her and Max in my first and only such wedding…
The following is Diana’s own account of her work this spring at conferences where she led the teen programs in Hungary and Greece for SHARE, the ministry she is seconded to from Novo. The Pirate Code. As Captain Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean move franchise says, “The code is more what you’d call…
I was asked recently by one of my supporting churches to write up my suggestions for how a church should evaluate missionaries for support, by what criteria, and what other considerations should be considered. I realized in writing this up that these principles are actually both very important and little understood. 1. The missionary’s budget.…
We held our annual Christmas party this year, and it may have been the best yet. Among other blessings, which were mostly for those in attendance, was this blessing to me, to hear how powerfully our ministry has impacted one person, and to hear how beautifully she was able to articulate it all – and…
orphan dreams 