Unoffendable

One of our primary jobs as leaders is helping good people who are doing good things to get along with one another.

MinistryDavid LyonsJanuary 5, 2023prayer, unity, Funding

Keep Asking

This is a week when my faith gets stretched every year, waiting for God to close our funding gap.

MinistryDavid LyonsJanuary 3, 2023prayer, Funding, neighbors, faith

Neighboring

I was stunned at our annual neighborhood Christmas dessert last year when our atheist neighbor cornered me and said, “I think that it’s time for me to go to church.”

MinistryDavid LyonsDecember 14, 2022neighbors, prayer, Funding

Do it Again

For the last 10 years or so God has provided about $50K of our annual budget in December in response to our year end update.

MinistryDavid LyonsDecember 8, 2022prayer, ministry, Funding

Seed for Sowers

I was once a hybrid seed corn inspector. We grew seed for farmers. That is what our ministry partners do when they give to us.

MinistryDavid LyonsNovember 30, 2021Harvest, Prayer, Funding

Help! Thanks! Wow!

Anne Lamott suggests that the three essential prayers are “Help”, “Thanks” and “Wow”. That sums up how we pray about our funding.

Family, MinistryDavid LyonsDecember 2, 2020Prayer, Funding, Family

40 Years!

Renee and I are taking the month of January off to celebrate the first forty years of our marriage.

FamilyDavid LyonsJanuary 1, 2019Marriage, Funding

Goal!

I am eagerly checking our mail each day as 2018 draws to a close.

MinistryDavid LyonsDecember 27, 2018Funding

Trembling

After 35 years of making our living by the Gospel, I still marvel at how friends give so generously to partner with us in our work.

MinistryDavid LyonsDecember 10, 2018Poverty, Corruption, Injustice, Funding

We Can Do This!

THANK YOU for subscribing to our "From the Lyons Den Ministry Blog," and thank you for praying for our funding.

MinistryRen MoirDecember 18, 2017Funding

The Grace Gap

The longer we walk with God, the more clearly we see the gap between where we are living and where God wants us to be. I call that the Grace Gap.

MinistryRen MoirNovember 30, 2017Ministry, Funding, Faith

Parental Units

For years I’ve been suggesting to youth pastors that many of the parents of their youth could be their best youth workers.

FamilyRen MoirOctober 19, 2017Family, Funding

David & Renée Lyons