Archives for January 2016

God’s great restoration work is already underway. But God’s restoration project is not yet complete. ...

The weight of sin we carry exhausts us to the core. Only when it’s been lifted from us will we feel truly refreshed....

Once ignorance is removed, a new level of accountability and responsibility appears....

Peter focused on the common ground he shared with his hearers....

There’s a huge difference between taking credit and giving credit. ...

We will have to demonstrate risk-taking faith as we join God in his without-him-it-would-be-impossible mission....

You may not have two nickels to rub together, but ...

Making that connection with another human being can free us from our compassion fatigue....

A collision between this man’s persistent requests for help and the representatives of a good God who gives us beyond anything we can ask or imagine...

We never know which days will prove to be full of extraordinary events....

Vibrant inward community in this case spilled over into favor, growth and transformation....

The life that God calls us to in Christ is a life in community...

Nothing else mattered nearly as much as Jesus and being a part of his movement....

When we engage God’s mission, we all have a role to play. ...

And challenges are essential to growth....

We can’t let God’s restoration project be mistaken for a little community service....

He knew what he was doing. He knows what he is doing....

God’s spectacular Spirit often meets us, guides us and empowers us in ordinary, non-spectacular ways. ...

As we lean into and engage God’s great global restoration project, we need him to be present with us....

God uses these times of gathering to equip, empower and envision his people. And then God sends them out....

We witness through our words and through our lives ...