Titles by: Lisa Nichols Hickman
Author: Lisa Nichols Hickman
Lisa Nichols Hickman serves as Associate Pastor at New Wilmington Presbyterian Church in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She was formerly a pastor at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey and has served congregations in Arizona and North Carolina.
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
Ash Wednesday is the first day in the forty day season of Lent. Some traditions observe Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras) the day before Ash Wednesday. As the journey to the cross unfolds over the next forty days, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a ...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
Is your youth group ready to reflect on its life together? Learn about our unity in Christ by exploring Ephesians 4:1-6 and discover how to reflect on God's call for unity in the church. This one-session study is great for student ministry groups tha...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
Who doesn't want to live in a world of enchantment? To give up gritty, everyday reality for a fairytale life of "happily ever after"? But perhaps the name of this movie, Enchanted, is a misnomer for the plot line of this story. It would be very easy ...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
Evan Almighty is a story about God's crazy call on Evan Baxter (based on the story of Noah) and the effects that call has on every aspect of Evan's life. Evan is asked to make an ark of gopher wood (Gen. 6:14). To respond to that call he finds he mus...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
Everybody hurts. Frederick Buechner says that the theological task and one of the main developmental tasks of adolescence is to learn how to be good stewards of pain. This does not mean to endure needless suffering. His words are a call to learn how ...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
What is the "Valley of Dry Bones" (Ezekiel 37:1-14) and what does it have to do with youth today? How do the normal but painful periods of dryness in adolescents' lives connect with the unnecessary and painful experience of a community in exile?This ...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
Here I am. Throughout the course of Scripture and Christian history, these three simple words have changed the course of many a person's life. Responding to the call of God, even amid doubts or hesitations, begins a life-changing moment. For Mary and...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
"He appears," the psychologist says, "to have a delusion." The movie Lars and the Real Girl appears to be many things: a slick movie about a silicone doll, a contrived premise aiming for easy laughs, a mental breakdown of a man who chooses to push ar...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." This prayer is believed to have been inspired by the life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi, who lived many centuries ago. It still rings true today. For those of us who want to be believers in the ba...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
How do we learn tolerance? The surprising answer offered by the documentary Paper Clips is that you begin counting. In 1998, a group of twenty five middle school students at Whitwell Middle School in Tennessee began a course of study on intolerance a...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
TThis Advent study pack for youth draws on Advent themes from hymns and Scripture in order to help youthprepare the way for Christ,keep watch for what's to come, widen their hearts to embrace others in Christ, andchoose God's will over their own.One ...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
An important part of the Christian faith is the belief that Jesus was crucified on a cross and resurrected. We believe that through that act something powerful happened, not only to Jesus but also to our relationship with God. Yet the precise meaning...
By Lisa Nichols Hickman
In this unique and engaging book of meditations, pastor Lisa Nichols Hickman delves into the life of worship, seeking to reveal its rhythms and order. There are twenty chapters, each a meditation on an element of worship, reflecting on how that parti...
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By Lisa Nichols Hickman
In an age of soundbytes, it can be hard for all of us to take the time to really reflect on our lives. For teens with busy schedules, giving themselves the opportunity to think about their feelings, their lives, their faith, and their dreams may be r...