being the church
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The Healing Power of Saying “Thank you”
I found myself emotional on the 4 hour drive home. I was finished serving 1 week at a camp which included giving 10 messages on moving from mountains to miracles and moving from our problems to God’s promises. (Did you know there are over 8,000 promises recorded from God in the Bible?) However, I was…
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Edna, Tribute to a Warrior.
(Written to honour my 90 year old spiritual mentor, May 2022.) The first time I met Edna, she came to my office door when I was first hired on as a pastor. I don’t believe she even said, “Hi, my name is Edna.” She came to the door and took up 1/10 of the door…
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Parents: How to Surf the Waves of the Current Storm with your Children?
How do we help our kids navigate through a world where leaders are falling in sin like hotcakes, and churches are arguing over divisive topics? We need two major things. We need to know the Scriptures and rely on Holy Spirit. As parents, we need to worship God in both Spirit and Truth and invite…
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Encounter God’s Love for You (Feb 12th)
Women: Join us on Feb 12th! Details here…
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Child Healed from Juvenile Arthritis… plus 50 Teens HEALED Through Prayer!
Mara De Los Reyes of Hope for a Healed Child interviewed me recently and this is how much fun we had. Gotta love the screenshot that YouTube came up with! Child healed from juvenile arthritis…plus 50 teens HEALED through prayer! Learn more about the upcoming event for Women: Encounter Jesus in the Noise Event: https://www.merriellen.com/5days Read…
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Radical Prayer Walking
I’ve been coaching a group now for many months and recently we have been focusing on radical prayer walking. Here’s a glimpse… The format of church has been shifting for a very long time and 2020 put it into high gear. A bunch of us have gathered and scattered for prayer walking and gathering for…
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Kelly Shares What Happened…
It was a delight to interview Kelly Young from Teen Challenge on what happened for her recently in learning to encounter Jesus in a whole new way. We discussed compassion fatigue and church and pastoral ministry and what has shifted. May you be encouraged too… Learn more about the 5 week FOUNDATIONAL course here: https://www.merriellen.com/intro-course…
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What does God do when we repent?
Notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! I loved that Jesus began to teach several stories including this one to show the religious leaders their arrogance… Parable of the Lost Son (Part…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 