Reflection Week | Day 3

Here’s the thing, if I determine that my spiritual and/or emotional health is based on any measure or ladder of success (successful ministry, successful relationships, accomplished Bible study, positional influence, etc), I am only living out of my own pride and ego, not out of the fullness and freedom that Jesus gives me.

Reflection Week | Day 2

The graciousness of being in community with men and women whose hearts are after Kingdom-things allows us to walk more confidently in who, through the grace of Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit, God intended us to be.

Reflection Week | Day 1

For the last few years in the days following Christmas, I try and take an inventory of the previous 12 months. A week or so full of review, digging into what I happened upon and what happened upon me. I spend some time asking the Lord to draw out memories, circumstances, conversations, and decisions that […]

Stand Near The Fire

If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them.| C.S. Lewis This week, a hundred or so of my […]