We hope you can join us October 27-29, 2021 at beautiful Pine Springs Ranch nestled in the awe-inspiring San Jacinto mountain range near Idyllwild, California! This retreat is open to anyone who desires to refresh their soul by spending significant time alone with God being restored by the surrounding beauty. You’ll also be encouraged by […]
Remembering Marjory Martin
To put it simply, I don’t believe The Leadership Institute, now 32 years-old, would exist in its current form were in not for the faithful prayers of Marjory Martin. Please take a moment to read a short note from our Founder and President, Paul Jensen, regarding Marjory’s vocational calling to be a prayerful intercessor. And […]
The Journey of Recovery
Editor’s Note: The Journey of Recovery was birthed out of God’s call to Kris Jensen to create a program applying Journey principles to the process of addiction recovery. Kris first reached out to David Zailer, who had already been leading people in recovery for 18 years. Several years later, Gary Jones and Brian Steenhoek also […]
Finding the Kingdom in the Ordinary
“May you live in interesting times” is an apocryphal saying. It’s usually said to someone as a curse. We certainly live in interesting times right now. It’s as if 2020 has limitless tricks up its sleeve. We keep moving from one crisis to the next. And as soon as we are convinced nothing else can […]
Disorientation to Reorientation
A month ago I wrote a blog post on the power of lament. I described my personal process of lament as I struggled to come to terms with the radical changes our world is going through. I discovered how important it was for me to allow myself to feel and be with, the roller coaster […]
Leaving Normal
I howled at the moon last night. Seriously. My wife, my daughter and I stood on our patio, cupped our hands to our mouths, and howled like wild wolves at the moon. Soon, we heard the repeating reply from our neighbors also getting in touch with their inner wolves. It was a silly idea someone […]
The Church Has Left the Building
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Heb 10:24-25 NIV – 24 Remember the little children’s hand motion: Here’s the church. Here’s […]
