Tag: peacemaker

• Burning Labels and Building Bridges

  Tuesday Re-mix – I recently pulled up to the Starbuck’s drive-through thinking about how to say what I want (it’s important in this culture to sound knowledgeable when it comes to coffee–after all, what barista worth his/her salt would be at all impressed with me if I stepped up and just asked for a cup of coffee?). […]

  Blake

  September 27, 2011

  Church Communications, Church Unity, missional, The Church’s Influence

  bridges, Christians, church, communication, labels, latte, peacemaker, Skinny Latte, Starbucks, vocabulary

• Unleashing the Spirit of Peace…Through Prayer

  Tuesday Re-mix – “To often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church…do you not see, prayer IS the work of the church.” Oswald Chambers Two true stories from my ministry: 1.  “God, I’ve got this one…I’ll check with you on the next one.” I had not yet really started a […]

  Blake

  September 7, 2010

  Church Unity, Peacemakers, prayer

  Christianity, church, Oswald Chambers, peacemaker, prayer

• Peacemakers as “Communication Artists”

  Tuesday Re-mix – This is the next in a series of posts originally titled “Habits of Peacemakers”. I think my favorite peacemaker in the Bible was Abigail (I Samuel 25).  She saw a disastrous conflict coming (thanks to her absolute jerk of a husband) and she got involved.  She “handled” communication in such a way […]

  Blake

  August 31, 2010

  Church Communications, leadership, Peacemakers, Reconciliation

  Abigail, advocate, artists, communications, confrontation, habit, I Samuel 25, interpreter, leader, leadership, peacemaker, scribe, truth