CrossPoint’s mission is to care for the soul of Christian leaders. All of our efforts focus on nurturing the souls of leaders and training others to do the same. To that end the blog posts this month will give insight as to how we cultivate soul care for leaders. I have the privilege of introducing (or reminding) you of ‘The Leader’s Journey’.  It is a 12 retreat experience where we go to a church staff (or the staff from multiple churches in a city) once each quarter for three years. During the day-long retreat held either on-site at the

We decided to take the month of September and focus in a bit on what we believe is one of the main issues of our day, particularly as the church of Christ, and that is, Sexual Health.  We commend Rodney Vaughan’s story to both encourage you and exhort you to examine the culture of your church and your community around matters of sexual sin. The back story… Rodney and Rebecca asked Clif to do their premarital counseling and officiate their wedding ceremony.  As I remember it, they were in a bit of a hurry to get things tied up,

Life is full of continuous change and transitions.  During these spaces of moving from one place to another internally or externally, it can sometimes be difficult to find a consistent rhythm of life when we are in the midst of so much change.  And yet, maybe CHANGE and TRANSITION becomes the rhythm of life. The Holy Spirit can teach us to be grounded in Him moment by moment in the midst of whatever situation we find ourselves. Breath prayers such as:  “Lord, be with me,”;  “Be Still and know that I am God,”; or “Peace be still,”  are prayers

The CrossPoint family is incredibly grateful to announce the addition of a new member of our team. Earlier this year, Steve Watkins began serving our ministry by helping us navigate a number of technical advances as well as helping us think through some of our internal systems and processes that needed updating.   Steve has been a lifesaver!  He has stepped into both the macro and micro level needs of the organization and ministry.  Steve brings an immense amount of Godly wisdom and organizational knowledge to our team (see bio below).  His love for God and God’s church is abounding. 

“And we all, … beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18) Forty years ago I was a missionary bush pilot in northern Canada. I would fly to ‘First Nation’ Indian reserves with dear Indian brothers sharing the Good News. Flying in those days was ALL based on folowing a compass heading and reading a map that showed the outline of lakes (there are over 100,000 lakes in Northwestern Ontario). There were no navigation