If we lose our cool, we lose.

It’s ok to pause the conversation

We expect to face challenging Theological questions

When we find ourselves in a spiritual conversation, there is a logistic to politely “landing the plane”.

Here are a couple things we can encourage people to do.

Ministry of presence is ministry without words. When you roll up your sleeve and meet people where they are at, there will be times in which you are left without answers. Words may fail but your presence speaks volumes.

In gardening the ground must be cultivated before a seed can be planted. I call the cultivating work in the context of evangelism: “pre-evangelism”. Here we look for opportunities to invest in other people and build a stronger relationship.

We worship God with effort, not results