Category: discipleship
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› Read more: Mind the Gap: Leaving Gaps for God to Fill
Mind the Gap: Leaving Gaps for God to Fill
In high school, I had the privilege of spending some time in London. Even though we saw Buckingham Palace and…
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› Read more: A Terraced Heart: Digging Deeper into Knowing God
A Terraced Heart: Digging Deeper into Knowing God
In South Carolina, lawns were typically flat and flourishing. San Diego yards, not so much. What San Diego yards lack…
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› Read more: A Word to Weary Small Group Leaders
A Word to Weary Small Group Leaders
After a long day of drop-offs and pick-ups, meetings and meeting needs, opening up our home and our hearts to…
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› Read more: Peace is a Person
Peace is a Person
Peace, as a concept, is easy to proclaim, but hard to purchase. It makes a good buzzword, but it is…
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› Read more: Don’t Confuse Influence and Obedience
Don’t Confuse Influence and Obedience
God is for influence. He gives it. He allows it. Think of Esther and her influence which was leveraged to…
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› Read more: On Power Plays and a Peculiar Posture
On Power Plays and a Peculiar Posture
Presently, churches all across the nation are splitting and splintering, being pulled quite literally left or right. Both sides are…
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› Read more: Stewarding Silence
Stewarding Silence
“I have a need of silence and of stars.Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed.The silken sound of…
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› Read more: Strengthened to Stay
Strengthened to Stay
Sometimes a slow, incremental exertion is harder to achieve and maintain than a sudden burst of strength. My mother-in-law being…
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› Read more: Growing Backwards: Thoughts on General Revelation
Growing Backwards: Thoughts on General Revelation
I hate to admit it, but for a long time, I lived like I had outgrown general revelation. In college,…
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› Read more: The Seeing Ministry of Jesus
The Seeing Ministry of Jesus
We hear often about the preaching ministry of Jesus or the healing ministry of Jesus or the discipling ministry of…