by Key Ministry | Feb 25, 2020 | Mental Health, Spiritual Development, Strategies
I feel sure that one of the reasons I have neck and shoulder issues is because of the heavy luggage and purses I have carried through the years. One day it finally clicked in my brain that I had to change something, that I needed to learn how to travel light...
by Key Ministry | Jan 21, 2020 | Mental Health, Spiritual Development
As we start out the new year, I can’t help but wonder what new thing God wants to do in our lives?! My theme for 2019 was “A Year of Preparation!” The focus for 2020 will be “Come and See,” with Psalm 66 as the Scripture for the year. I have already gotten...
by Lamar Hardwick | Jan 9, 2020 | Church Support, Spiritual Development, Stories
As a pastor and public speaker, I know the importance of story-telling as one of the most powerful forms of art. The ability to weave words together to create a tapestry of images that inspire the mind and stir the soul is artistic. I believe that in many ways my...
by Key Ministry | Dec 31, 2019 | Anxiety Disorders, Mental Health, Spiritual Development
God created us with two empty spaces: our stomach and our heart. He allows us to choose what will fill them. Our choices can be life-giving or life-draining. It’s important to know your EET. Not your EKG or EEG, but your EET—your “Emotional Eating...
by Key Ministry | Dec 12, 2019 | Mental Health, Spiritual Development, Training Events
I was recently in Portland, Oregon when a stranger approached me for assistance to feed himself and his son. The man said he had been on the streets for days, and people just walked by him without making eye contact, ignoring his existence as a human being. He felt...
by Lamar Hardwick | Dec 5, 2019 | Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
Advent is the period of time leading up to the annual celebration of the birth of Christ. The word advent actually speaks of a season of expectant waiting for a notable person or event. Tis the season of waiting, expecting, hoping, dreaming, and if we’re going to be...
