Discipleship Tools Archives - The Average Advocate

The Pausing Season: Reevaluating and Renegotiating Commitments

by Elisa | Jan 5, 2024 | Being World Changers, Create Awareness, Discipleship Tools, Identity, Leadership, Life Purpose, Live Intentionally, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Productivity, Spiritual Discipleship | 0 |

I texted the carpool mom, “See you at 8:45!” She wrote me back, “7:45! 😂 Back to the grind!” I guess have to get my head back in the game! Coming off the holidays, we went on a much needed anniversary...

A Prayer: To Be and Be Sent

by Elisa | Jul 5, 2022 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Discipleship Tools, poetry, Spiritual Discipleship | 0 |

Prayer for missional living, God’s Kingdom, and to be and to be sent.

Did Jesus Welcome – Join Me!

by Elisa | Sep 29, 2021 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Children-in-Need, Conflicts, Wars, Genocides and Atrocities, Discipleship Tools, Hard Conversations, Human Rights, Personal Growth, Refugees and Immigration, Safe Spaces, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, United States | 0 |

Did Jesus welcome immigrants and refugees? What is Christ-like Welcome? Join me at the intersection between faith, politics and justice in discussion!

How Stories Heal Us and Prevent Burnout for World Changers

by Elisa | Jul 8, 2021 | Anthropology Psychology Sociology, Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Discipleship Tools, Fully Alive, Hard Conversations, Human Trafficking, Identity, Leadership, Live Intentionally, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Recovery, Safe Spaces, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart, United States, Women's Empowerment, Your Stories | 0 |

Working through our own stories and triggers are essential as we make a difference if we want to be fully alive and prevent burnout. Check out this interview covering this.

Roar: Your Voice and Voting

by Elisa | Oct 25, 2020 | Art of Advocacy, Being World Changers, Discipleship Tools, Hard Conversations, Leadership, Safe Spaces, Seeking Justice, Spiritual Discipleship, United States, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

Competition tells us we have no voice. Or that only one of us has a voice.

But we all have a voice. Let’s let it roar.

Effective Elements in Sharing Your Faith and Making Disciples

by Elisa | Aug 6, 2020 | Being World Changers, Discipleship Tools, Fully Alive, Life Purpose, Personal Growth, Spiritual Discipleship, Ways to Make a Difference | 0 |

For some of us, sharing our faith is vital and the most important part of how we make a difference in the world. But sharing our faith (or “evangelism” as it used to be called once upon a time) isn’t an easy...

Lament for the American Church

by Elisa | Jun 16, 2020 | Being World Changers, Community, Discipleship Tools, Family & Relationships, Leadership, Personal Growth, Raising Kids, Spiritual Discipleship, Stuff of the Heart | 0 |

Over the last three months, I’ve been trying to answer one question often–what does it mean to be the Church where I live, through this season? Of course I have ideas, but I don’t have the answer. And so I...