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To Be Held // a new perspective
Last night I had that privilege to feel all those little movements of our son Cash (that’s his name) as he is growing and stretching as God continues to “knit him together inside his mother’s womb.” We believe that passage and we pray for him as God does what only he can do in bringing [...]
wisdom // revelation
This morning, I had one of those, “How about that, I don’t know how I’ve missed that” moments. Over the past couple of months I’ve been studying Ephesians and really trying to immerse myself in the book. In the past, I’ve always been in a race with myself to read as much as possible in [...]
Uganda // Travel
The travel part of this trip is finally over. That may have been one of the longest trips I can remember taking. But there is something about traveling together as a team that seems to bond everyone together…though that may have more to do with not taking a bath in many hours and the ensuing [...]
the question is // are you
Last week offered the privilege of sitting under some great teaching of many leaders in the church planting/multi-site/missional/discipleship movements at the Exponential conference in Orlando. I’m not a huge fan of conferences as there is often a great deal of puffed up chests with “our church is doing great, we’re really growing, we saw this [...]
ever present hope // be still and know
The violin enters soft, quiet and comforting. ‘the Lord is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.’ The music builds. A storm is coming. ‘therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains fall in to the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though [...]
loving // people
Our small group is currently working through the book of 1st John. This morning I was continuing on in chapter three, a chapter I’ve read many times before, but this morning was one of those mornings where the words were kind of “jumping off of the page,” if you will. But verses 11-20 hit me [...]
collective light // chasing darkness
Hugh Halter and Matt Smay have quickly become some highly influential people in my life. It is not because we’ve met (because they know not of my existence), but because of a few books they’ve written that have crossed my path over the last six months. The “Tangible Kingdom” and “And” have both had a [...]
love wins // that post
This is that post that I said wouldn’t do. Then I said I would do. Then I said I wouldn’t do. Then I said I would do. It went back and forth for quite some time because everyone has an opinion on Rob Bell’s new book ‘Love Wins,’ and I wasn’t sure I wanted to [...]
faces turned out // a new phrase
If there is one thing that I’m really good at, it’s taking an idea and running with it in my head, getting really excited about it, talking to a bunch of people about it and then dropping it after promising everyone that I’ll keep talking about it. (That’s a terrible intro, but it’s all I’ve [...]
“it’s just God thing” // Soli Deo Gloria
Not sure why it’s been such a big deal to me, but if there’s one line that just makes me cringe, it’s when someone says, “it’s a God thing.” This line frustrates me because it usually references a “God just worked to do something good in my life and I’m so happy right now.” What [...]
