Articles

Below is a collection of thought provoking articles to promote spiritual growth in your life and to use in your ministry with others.

• A Pastor's Struggle with Sex and Porn Addiction, a true story by Michael John Cusick
• Authenticity and Being Authentic in Relationships, a devotional by Rick Warren
• A Prayer Song, Sabbatical lessons God has been teaching me, by Rusty Rustenbach
• A Time of Listening to God, One man's time of listening to God written down to share with others 
• Discipleship From the Inside Out as published in Upfront
• Focus on the Father adapted for the fall 2012 edition of "Disciple" (a digital publication). Originally written in 1981 by Rusty Rustenbach for "Discipleship Journal."
• Giving Yourself Away published in Discipleship Journal
• Here We Are, Lord. Send Us Home published in Discipleship Journal
• How Can I Really Care for Others? published in Discipleship Journal
• Inspiration from the Life of Edith Burns (Do you believe in Easter and that God speaks? This story will put your doubts to rest)
• Inviting God In ("Opening the Door to the Messy and Miraculous Process of Inner Healing Prayer," a wonderful article by Mary Yerkes)
• Melting the Icebergs (6 keys areas that can sink your leadership by Connie Willems)
  
• New Bourne Identity published in Upfront
• Processing Through Tragedy and Trauma (After opening the Upfront document, click on "Slideshow" box on the upper right side of the Google+ page) 
• Sexual Purity- Into the Light published in Upfront
• The Need of the Hour for This Generation (by Rusty Rustenbach)
• Toward a Life of Greater Power published in Discipleship Journal
• Upfront News on Healing Prayer (Transformed Lives in Detroit, Personal & Pastoral Challenges, My Newest Weapon
• Wait, A life-changing poem for those of us who are impatient with God by Russell Kelfer
• Woundedness published in Upfront
• You Are Touched by the Feeling of My Weaknesses (An intimate time of hearing from God)