“Reeds into Rocks”

I heard it on the radio one morning. I wish I could have gotten the name of the host giving the sermon / encouragement. He said, “Jesus can turn a reed into a rock.” I don’t think the point was that Jesus called Peter a rock, etc., or any of the implications that come with

The Pathway to Leading Underdogs and Outcasts – a Jesus-Centered Tribe of the hopeful

I’m re-reading through a book I’ve read a couple years back. I believe it bears a rhema (right now) message for the Church. Essentially it’s all about becoming undignified and undomesticated in our pursuit of Christ. It’s about discarding the “prim and proper” of vain rituals and routines, for the life of the Holy Spirit.

The Pathway to Leading Underdogs and Outcasts – a Jesus-Centered Tribe of the hopeful

I’m re-reading through a book I’ve read a couple years back. I believe it bears a rhema (right now) message for the Church. Essentially it’s all about becoming undignified and undomesticated in our pursuit of Christ. It’s about discarding the “prim and proper” of vain rituals and routines, for the life of the Holy Spirit.

When Your Dreams Came True but You’re Still Empty

What happens when your “dreams” come true and you end up worse off than before?

Hope’s Triple Threat: Simple Strategy for Warding off Depression

One of the great joys of reading, to me, is when I find an author has put into words an exact experience I’ve had but haven’t been able to articulate. If reading is ”consuming,” then writing is ”producing” or ”creating.” “Writers are readers and readers are leaders,” as the saying goes. I don’t know who

This Hour’s Elijahs: Millennials and The Future

I was talking with a friend the other night about what God is doing in the midst of our young adult fellowship. This conversation stirred my spirit. Believers are a terror to hell, not terrorized by hell. Believers are to be known by hell, not unknown to it: “And God was doing extraordinary miracles by

The Call THROUGH Sadness, Not “TO” Sadness

So often, moods are like clouds. But we must remember that they will pass. The sun will shine and you will get back to feeling its warmth again.

If You’re Reading This, Please Don’t Kill Yourself

If you have clicked on this, make no mistake. I am here to remind you to hold on…if you are contemplating thoughts of suicide or self harm. Hold on. Don’t kill your self. Not now, not ever. Press on through the feelings. Not around them. Get the medication you need. See that therapist. Set up

A Short Story about A Trip to Texas and my Father-in-law.

Out of the moments of my week-long trip to Texas with my family there (my in-laws) there are a few scenes that stand out in my mind. Let me tell you ’bout them, starting with this one. My wife and I went down to Texas to take part in the ceremony that was the marriage

Cemented in Hope, Rooted in Identity

The more we see God as He is, the more we trust Him for Who He is