Don MacLafferty

Don MacLafferty, MDiv, is founder, president, and full-time volunteer with In Discipleship, Apison, Tennessee, United States.

Articles by Don MacLafferty

Never walk alone

May 2025

Stop walking alone. Jesus didn’t. Nor should you.

You may disagree, perhaps thinking, “You don’t know what I am going through.” You are correct—I don’t. But Someone does.

On December 30, 2024, I began a new private study in…

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“How can I have what she has, God?”

January 2023

In 2012, I looked over the early morning bustle of Jakarta, Indonesia, from the rooftop of the hotel where I was speaking at a convention.1 From a nearby mosque, an imam’s call to worship soared across the neighborhood. I listened…

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Personal spiritual retreat: 24 hours with God

January 2013

What would happen if you took 24 hours away from your routine sometime within the next month to be alone with God? What might be the results? I have put this question to many pastors and administrators over the past few years. Here are some…

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