by April Brooks | Jan 6, 2026 | BLOG
On my way to take my grandson to a birthday party yesterday, we came to a 4-way stop. Above, a blinking red light alerted drivers at the intersection. Lost in thought and fighting a headache, I sat staring at that red light for a full five seconds, waiting for it to...
by Dean Kuest | Dec 11, 2025 | BLOG
Let me share a Christmas memory that was a personal revelation to just how tough the season can be for church leaders. After eight years of planting a church in Seattle, I returned to lead a campus at a large Arizona church, where the holiday expectations were intense...
by Dean Kuest | Nov 13, 2025 | BLOG
Have you ever felt like you might crumble under the weight of all the things you think you should know, but don’t? Just this week, I was coaching a young Lead Pastor—just in his early 30s—who’s stepping into a brand-new ministry situation for the first...
by Dean Kuest | Oct 28, 2025 | BLOG
God is Love. When you repeat those words, you tend to want to feel them as well. The feelings support the belief, but those same feelings can also hinder understanding the depth of the truth they convey. God is Love. We find those words written in the letter...
by Brandon Cleaver | Oct 28, 2025 | BLOG
He caught me by surprise. It was the first full day of the 2025 Matthew 5:9 Fellowship “Faithful Perseverance” Annual Gathering. We were wrapping up our final workshop of the day — Immovable Together — a fast-moving, small-group exercise drawn from the call in 1...
by Dean Kuest | Oct 2, 2025 | BLOG
We have a violence problem in the United States, and it’s deeper than what we see on the news; it starts within our own hearts. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches that sin starts long before its final action. He clarifies that murder begins with anger and the...
