by Tracee Swank | Aug 10, 2026 | Challenges, Movement, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us.” (Hosea 6:1a NIV) The Hebrew word for “return” is the same word translated “repent.” It means to turn around, to stop walking the direction you are walking. To pivot back toward...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 6, 2026 | Discipleship, Leadership, Mission, Tracee J. Swank
There are people in your congregation right now who are quietly frustrated. They see opportunities the church is missing. They have ideas for reaching the community that have never been heard. They are wired to spot problems and build solutions, and in their work...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 3, 2026 | Challenges, Movement, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten.” (Joel 2:25a NIV) God did not say He would erase the years. He said He would repay from them. The hard chapters do not get deleted in God’s economy; they get redeployed. The seasons of loss become the...
by Tracee Swank | Jul 30, 2026 | Discipleship, Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
Walk into the average church staff meeting and listen to what gets discussed. The calendar. The volunteer gaps. The aging facility. The programs that need propping up. Most of the energy in most congregations goes into keeping existing things running. This is not a...
by Tracee Swank | Jul 27, 2026 | Challenges, Movement, Prayer, Tracee J. Swank
Scripture “When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4 NIV) Before Nehemiah was a builder, he was a weeper. He let the news of Jerusalem’s broken walls sit on him. Only after...
by Tracee Swank | Jul 23, 2026 | Discipleship, Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
Here is a question worth sitting with, even though it stings. If your church closed its doors tomorrow and disappeared completely, who in your community would notice? Beyond your own members, would the schools notice? The nonprofits? The neighborhood? The local...
