Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins

About Dean G. Blevins

Dr. Dean G. Blevins currently serves as Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as Director of Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer. An ordained elder, Dean has ministered in diverse settings and currently also serves at the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins recently co-wrote the textbook Discovering Discipleship and edits Didache: Faithful Teaching, a journal for Wesleyan Education.

Flying at 3500 feet

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

I am sitting in four days of board meetings for the International Board of Education and the Global Committee for Global Education and Clergy Development. At the same time Kansas City is quickly being buried under around a foot of … Continue reading →

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Wesley’s Tuesday Evening Prayer for Families

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Wesley’s written prayer for families for Tuesday Evening. John wrote morning and evening prayers for families, I am offering paraphrases to my Family Ministry class Everlasting Father of all strength, exclusive Lord of all creatures in heaven and earth, we … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurial Principles

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

I attended MidAmerican Nazarene University’s Tuesday’s program for alumni and local business leaders. I was interested in the program, organized by Graydon Dawson and the MNU Fastrac for Entrepreneurial Leadership Unfortunately the program ran long (odd for business people but … Continue reading →

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Just in Time

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Worshiped at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene this morning. Incredible worship and sermon by Rick Harvey on the parable of the talents (Matt 25) and our preoccupation with “stuff,” and an investment of resources for the kingdom. Rick apologized to … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s Prayer for Tuesday Morning

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Wesley’s written prayer for families for Tuesday Morning. John wrote morning and evening prayers for families, I am offering paraphrases to my Family Ministry class. Good morning our great and mighty King, the owner of heaven and earth. All the … Continue reading →

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John Wesley’s Monday Evening Prayer For Families

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

This past week I began my Family ministry class. One of my personal projects for this semester is to write a paraphrase of John Wesley’s written prayers for families. John actually wrote fourteen prayers for each morning and each evening … Continue reading →

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Economic Wisdom and Human Flourishing

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

I just got back from the retreat sponsored by the Oikonomia network. In addition to my earlier post, I joined a number of school faculty in a marvelous discussion on faith and economics. We heard a solid overview around the … Continue reading →

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