by Garris Elkins | Oct 5, 2019 | Change, Courage, Creativity, Deliverance, Future, Healing, Justice, Kingdom
In each cultural revolution in human history, it was the poets, musicians, painters, writers, and cultural prophets who first publicly portrayed the enslaving injustice of their time – an injustice ultimately against the heart of God. These expressions of prophetic...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 4, 2019 | Poetry, Verse
Anger rising, creating edges, sharp edges of opinion always cutting, flashing out against opposing thought. Our voices becoming angry scissors cutting each other. Why so angry? Violent words, a bloody dialogue falling, dripping red ink...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 3, 2019 | Culture, Discernment, Favor, Fear, Future, Grace, Healing, Kingdom of God, Promise, Redemption, Spiritual Warfare, Truth, Wisdom, Worship
The title comes from the world of journalism. Blood and gore catch the attention of an audience. It’s not just the blood and gore of murder, catastrophe, or natural disaster that gains our attention; it is the blood and gore of broken lives, broken political systems,...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 2, 2019 | Deliverance, Father, Love, Trust
Some of the imbalance you are feeling could be God applying the brakes on your self-effort and worry. It’s like sitting in a car when someone uses the brakes to avoid a crash, and you are thrown forward under the force of deacceleration. Not everything in God’s...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 2, 2019 | Creativity, Discernment, Discipleship, Grace, Humility, Promotion, Reformation, Relationships, Restoration, Wisdom
This morning, I am making pancakes for breakfast. After I got the coffee going, I melted some butter in a pan, then added a cup of fresh blueberries, some maple syrup and set the pan on the stove at a slow simmer. I went about a few more morning tasks then turned off...
