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There is a saying among Navy Seals, “Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.” In other words, our basic training is what we will fall back on in an emergency. If our training was not sufficient enough, the false hopes of...
On a cold Oregon morning, our cat knew where she belonged.
We never know when this life will end. Our passing can come from a variety of issues and in unexpected ways. Some of us will live for many years. Others will die young, What we need to possess in the years of life we have been allotted is a willingness to keep...
Prophets can offer pivot points and next steps to influencers in all spheres of culture. This is especially true when a standstill occurs, and no way forward seems possible. These prophets do not need to know or even understand the issue into which they are asked to...
I was asked to be part of a conversation with two very talented people involved in a business proposal with several investors. The proposal they are working on was at a critical stage of development just before its scheduled launch. They needed a word from the Lord. I...
When I read the biographies of those who followed the Lord during times of persecution, famine, and war, I noticed an absence of a shallow Hallmark-card-like expression of faith. Also absent were religious silliness and legalism. Their lives and expressions of faith...
Some of the challenges facing the Church today in Western culture are not caused by pandemics or politics. They are sourced in a disconnect created when the equipping gifts are not allowed to work in harmony with each other and instead, function as separate silos of...
I saw the image of a firing squad. The image was set in a city square. People lined the walls of the city waiting to see the victim die. I could see bloodlust in their eyes like a scene from a Roman coliseum event. What was strange in the image was that bandanas were...
Prophets are best understood in Kairos time, not Chronos time. Prophecy interrupts our assumed timelines and our preferred outcomes. A prophetic interruption of what has been assumed by human reasoning can produce misunderstanding and even rejection. Wait for the Lord...
Unusual and historic exposures may soon be forthcoming. A clarity and awakening will accompany these exposures. It will not be comfortable, especially for those of us who follow Jesus Christ. Our assumptions and lack of discernment will be made public when this...
Whenever ever someone is offered an invitation to get in bed with error and deception that invitation will eventually lead to spiritual intimacy. At first, the union feels right because a person's undisciplined soul has been prepared for the dark union. The union is...
I have lived long enough to know that in life, new discoveries in familiar places are always possible. Last week, I was removing some old dry leaves from the bushes along our gravel driveway. As I pulled back the brush to get to the leaves, I saw the numbers “1960”...
Our faith links us to the supernatural realm. It connects us with what has been declared impossible, something not measurable within the limits of human practicality. Practical faith is a manageable faith in human terms. It does not need God to survive. A faith...
God is calling His Church to come together. He knows we have differences of opinion and in some cases, different assumptions about how to accomplish His will on Earth. None of these divisions have the power to derail us from our shared mission if we are willing to...
I have always appreciated people with common sense. The problem with such an open and broad personal definition of sensibility is its narrow interpretation. It is a sense common to those who think alike and see the world through the same interpretive lens. To those...