Jeffrey A. Howard, CEO, The Resource Hub; CBF Emmanuel McCall Initiative consultant “Don’t ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” —Howard Thurman The above quote from Black Christian mystic Howard Thurman resonates with me, capturing what … Continue reading
By Delores Stimpson CBF Field Personnel, Durham, N.C. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 (NIV) I can remember how excited I would become when mom and dad would announce our annual vacation. I was eager and impatient … Continue reading
By Co’Relous Bryant, senior pastor at United Church of Lincoln, Va. When the logic of this world fails to offer a cogent explanation of what the heck is going on. I turn to divine interrogatories for relief. I have developed a bold posture of asking God to provide answers for the growing incongruence of how … Continue reading
By Kim and Marc Wyatt, CBF field personnel, Raleigh, NC “Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He … Continue reading
By Brooke and Mike, CBF Field Personnel, Indonesia “Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in … Continue reading
By Charlie Reynolds, CBF Associate Endorser for Military Chaplains “Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks—we will also find our path … Continue reading
By Dianne McNary, CBF OGM Advocate “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19 About this time last year, I was packing up our belongings preparing to move back to the … Continue reading
By Paul Byrd, Program Director, Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center, Mercer University School of Medicine, Cumming, Ga. “So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”– Romans 12:5 Two years ago, I stepped away from chaplaincy and into a new role helping ministers and healthcare providers … Continue reading
By Mary Van Rheenen, CBF Field Personnel, Netherlands “As soon as the meal was finished, he insisted that the disciples get in the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he dismissed the people. With the crowd dispersed, he climbed the mountain so he could be by himself and pray. He stayed … Continue reading
By Lavonia Winford, Active Duty Air Force Chaplain; Installation Chaplain; Pituffik Space Base, Greenland “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” – Philippians 4:13 This verse is the mantra I repeated to myself as I strived to do what no other African American woman had done in the Mississippi Army National Guard. … Continue reading