In college it didn’t take me too long to learn what the term “prerequisite” meant. When I looked through the academic catalogue—yes, that was in…
View More Prerequisite for PrayerFruitful Abiding: Equipping Others to Know and Use Their Spiritual Gifts
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart…
View More Fruitful Abiding: Equipping Others to Know and Use Their Spiritual GiftsThe Results of Your Ministry are Unknown-So Pray
“This just in, friends – the results aren’t in.” To the one with an exploding church, trying to build a bigger building, trying to keep…
View More The Results of Your Ministry are Unknown-So PrayPraying for What is Lost
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost,” Luke 19:10 Have you ever used the self-checkout lanes in Walmart? I…
View More Praying for What is LostPit Prayers: Tears & Triumph in Transition
Proverbs 14:13, “Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.” “Denna, did you forget your coffee? The mug…
View More Pit Prayers: Tears & Triumph in TransitionWhat I Learned through Recent Struggles
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing,” 1 Thessalonians 5:11. During the last six months, I have been…
View More What I Learned through Recent StrugglesPrayer in Despair
TRIGGER Warning: The following article addresses issues related to church trauma that could be upsetting. I’ve never seen a cobra rise up… (more…)
View More Prayer in DespairPrayers of Simple Faith
“Why didn’t you pray for yourself, Mom?” My daughter and I were laying in bed together praying and, when we were finished, she asked me…
View More Prayers of Simple FaithIntimacy and Obedience
I’ve always had a hard time with the word “dad.” When I was very little, I called my own dad, “Jeff, honey.” Because that’s how…
View More Intimacy and ObedienceMore Like Jonah Than I Want To Be
I am Jonah. It’s not a very flattering idea to think about, but it’s true. Like him, I need to be saved, rescued out of…
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