Learning to Pray … Again
By Dr. Scott Rodin | May 16, 2023 As stewards, God is always teaching us. Part of the joy of living openhandedly as a surrendered steward is watching how God continually guides us into new levels of intimacy with him. The greatest avenue to this intimacy is prayer, yet for ... read on
A Big Announcement for The Steward’s Journey: Introducing the Center for Steward Leader Studies
By Dr. Scott Rodin | May 9, 2023 I am writing this blog with great excitement to announce a change in the future of The Steward’s Journey. You will notice that this blog post comes to you under two names: The Steward’s Journey and the Center for Steward Leader Studies. ... read on
An Exciting Announcement and a FREE Invitation
By Dr. Scott Rodin | About ten years ago, my Steward’s Journey board challenged me to consider creating an assessment tool to help Christian leaders understand where they were on their journey of becoming steward leaders. At the same time, doctoral students were starting to ask for an empirical tool ... read on
The Danger of Confusing Reformation with Accommodation
By Dr. Scott Rodin | For the past nine years, this blog has been dedicated to helping the body of Christ embrace the call to be faithful stewards in a world of owners. We have written frequently on the contrast between the worldview of an owner vs. the calling of ... read on
Who Will Be Standing at the Door?
By Dr. Scott Rodin | A few nights ago, while watching the news, I found myself muttering the same words story after story. “How can people think that way? What kind of values drive these attitudes? How can they see the world this way? I can’t even begin to conceive ... read on
What Do You Expect?
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Easter Saturday morning Linda and I were having prayer and coffee on our deck, and we were discussing how this day was called Black Saturday by the ancient church. We wondered how the disciples must have felt, huddled in a secret room, scared, stunned, despondent. ... read on
Easter Sunday — The Incarnation of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself ... read on
Holy Saturday — The Anticipation of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. (John 17:24) Thought Before God shouted out across the darkness, “Let there ... read on
Good Friday — The Unity of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the ... read on
Maundy Thursday — The Spread of Glory
By Dr. Scott Rodin | As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. (John 17:18-19) Thought The form of these two verses is striking. Jesus compares and equates his coming into this world to ... read on