by Dennis Funk | Sep 18, 2025 | Disciple Blog, Discipleship, Navigators, Uncategorized
by Nicole Scrivner We’ve complicated disciplemaking. Somewhere along the way, we turned it into a checklist, a curriculum, or a job description. We started believing it was only for people with seminary degrees or spotless track records. And for many of us, we’ve felt...
by Dennis Funk | Aug 14, 2025 | Disciple Blog, Discipleship, Navigators, Uncategorized
by Pete Jansen In Psalm 19 David invites us to gaze upward at the heavens and inward toward the soul offering a powerful contrast between God’s creation and God’s Word, and how both are meant to draw us closer to Him. I love the Psalms. Much of what I’ve come to know...
by Dennis Funk | Dec 11, 2024 | Disciple Blog, Discipleship, Navigators
By Bill Mowry Television runs on the tracks of trends. One current trend is a variation of the ballroom dance. We love to watch minor celebrities, athletes, or politicians learn the intricacies of ballroom dancing. A fundamental rule of ballroom dancing is that...
by Dennis Funk | Nov 20, 2024 | Disciple Blog, Discipleship, Navigators
By Bill Mowry Forty years is a big gap to bridge. I met Jim when he was nineteen years old and a freshman in college. Jim is now sitting across from me in restaurant as a late middle-aged man with children in college. What a difference forty years make! When I meet...
by Dennis Funk | Oct 24, 2024 | Disciple Blog, Discipleship, Navigators
by Tony Miltenberger Being in vocational ministry has afforded me many opportunities to talk with pastors and church leaders all over the world. Almost always the heart cry of the church leader is the same: they want to see the body of Christ renewed. They...
by Dennis Funk | Jan 18, 2024 | Disciple Blog, Discipleship, Navigators, Uncategorized
by Justin GravittPicture this: You and a friend meet a couple of times a month for lunch, golf, or just to grab coffee. This meeting is a priority for both of you. You both love Jesus and enjoy talking about family, the Bible, and shared interests. Every time you walk...
