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Weaving a Tapestry of Love: Lynda MacGibbon on Loving Your Neighbors

May 17, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - love, vocation

How do you love your neighbors? Since we do not have to work to earn our salvation (Eph 2:8-9; Gal 2:16), grace people are freed up to simply love our neighbors however they need to be loved. But how do you do it? In My Vertical Neighborhood, Lynda MacGibbon tells the story of moving from

Why Not Start a Church Bookstore?

November 13, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - ministry, mission, vocation

“Churches need to operate their own bookstores to provide sound material to the people,” David Cloud, a Fundamentalist Baptist, argued. “The typical Christian bookstores are not going to carry the type of information that God’s people need today, because they are in the business of making money and do not want to offend potential customers”

Is Anyone Unreachable?

April 3, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, ministry, vocation

We all have a ministry from God. In fact, you’re in full-time ministry right now. So…how are you doing? What are you doing? Who are you reaching? One of the things I try to emphasize at church is that everyone should be self-consciously serving God in their lives. Not everyone has a visible ministry on

I’m Interested in Everything

September 26, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternity, ruling, vocation, work

I’m interested in just about everything. There are several languages I want to learn really well—Modern Greek, Koine, Hebrew, Afrikaans, German, Swedish, and Spanish for starters. There are many instruments I’d love to learn to play well—the marimba, piano, ukulele, trumpet, and the Hammond B3 organ. I want to become a better painter and illustrator.