Tag: support group

• Creating Meaningful Community: “You Are Not Alone”

  Tuesday Re-mix –  I believe that loneliness is sweeping our culture in epidemic proportions.  I also believe the church is uniquely positioned and empowered to cure loneliness.  We just need to figure out what genuine friendships look like in the face of life’s most painful circumstances. I have not yet met a pastor or a…

  Blake

  January 3, 2012

  Church Unity, Genuine Community, missional

  abuse, church, community, emotional, friendships, grace, heart 2 heart, loneliness, ministry, pain, relationships, small groups, support group

• Pain and Failure as Keys to Community

  Tuesday Re-mix – “Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger…

  Blake

  July 5, 2011

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Forgiveness, Genuine Community, H2H, leadership

  church, community, Forgiveness, grace, heart 2 heart, Luke 7, recovery group, support group, transparency, vulnerable, wounded

• Trusting God’s People…Again

  I’m posting this under the category, “Books that Changed Me”.  When I created that category, I didn’t intend it to be for books I had written.  But I suppose it goes without saying, every book you write changes you.  This one was certainly no different. Depending on whose statistics you use, anywhere from 15% to…

  Blake

  October 8, 2009

  Books that Changed Me, H2H, leadership, Reconciliation

  Blake Coffee, Christian, church, healing, support group, Trusting, Trusting God’s People Again, wounded