Welcome to the Inspiration section of the Activate website. Here we hope to provide you with useful stories, articles, videos, etc., to inspire you and share with you ideas from other Activate readers.
Have you seen the new Dove advert? It takes some women off the streets and asks them to describe themselves to a forensic artist who can’t see them and draws them from behind a screen, following only their verbal descriptions. Then he draws pictures of the same women based on what people who have only interacted […]
Women, you are more beautiful than you think. Read More »
Leonard Sweet in his book I am a Follower tells the story of an old man who lived in a small village. He was the poorest man in the village, but he owned the most beautiful white stallion. And the King had offered a small fortune for it. After a terrible harsh winter, during which
“Too early to tell…” Read More »
Thomas traditionally has received something of a bad rap over the years, ‘doubting Thomas’ he has ignobly been categorized, not a label any of us would wish on our own eulogy. The name Didymus was a word meaning ‘two-fold’ or ‘twice’, and was used in reference to his lineage, Thomas being a twin, but it
Growth can be risky Read More »
EASTER FUN Easter is not only a fun time of year for me and my family, it’s also a prime opportunity to connect to people outside of church. In addition to the good stuff we had going on throughout the Easter period at our church, I wanted to do something specific to connect to the
NOT just for Easter… Read More »
This is a great post by Rachel Held Evans discussing 2 approaches to evangelism; direct questions to strangers requiring a direct response, verses planting seeds in peoples lives and journeying with them. I love her quote: Maybe “witnessing” is about the choice we have to plant seeds of unkindness, hurry, hate, and greed in one
Why I don’t witness to people on airplanes Read More »
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