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One of my favorite holiday treats comes from the leftover pieces of pie dough that Jan forms into little rolls filled with brown sugar and cinnamon. They are an anticipated joy that appears each year at this time when Jan makes the crusts for her holiday pies. She has...
Years ago, in a formative season of ministry, Jan and I were wronged by another pastor. We were betrayed. I remember the night we got the phone call telling us what this person was doing and saying about us publicly. We were hundreds of miles away. We felt helpless....
We become evidence of God's transforming power when we believe in Jesus and His teaching. That alignment marks us and will take our faith into dangerous territory because hell does not want us to become a living advertisement of Jesus’ power. Hell will do anything to...
Rest will be the place from which the next revival will spring. We enter this place of rest when we choose to lay down our undisciplined ambition and our need to always have to produce to validate a lesser identity. We enter rest through the gauntlet of mocking voices...
Last night, I had a dream. I had forgotten about the dream, and just now, the Lord reminded me of its content. I was going to wait until tomorrow to share what I saw, but I feel it is time-sensitive and needs to be shared today. It was a simple and very brief image of...
The court of Heaven will always have the last word over the affairs of Earth. Heaven's court is eternally in session and never takes a recess. There is only one righteous Judge, and He adjudicates the cases of humanity with mercy, grace, and love. Look to God...
This time between Christmas and the New Year is an interesting week. It is like an intermission, a pause before we do it all over again. This morning, I sensed the Lord saying, “No more of the same.” Some of you have grown accustomed to life moving forward as...
It has been a long and tiring journey for some of you as you made your way through the calendar of 2019. Something different will take place in 2020. The new year is aggressively coming to you with excitement like a person working their way through a crowded room,...
As we get older, something visits us with increasing regularity. That visitor is closure. Seasons of life come to an end. Places we once lived change over time and close behind the door of our history. The lives of friends and loved ones end transitioning from this...
A friend of our family shared this painting of the nativity scene by the artist Gari Melcher on her Facebook wall. When I saw the image, I stopped and stared, stunned by its raw beauty. It conveyed to me something more profound and impactful than any other nativity...
Look across the landscape of your life and ask, “Who is the least likely person I know who might become a devoted follower of Jesus Christ?” This is a question the first believers in Jerusalem would have no problem answering. They would have said, “Saul!” Saul, who...
The intersection of life you have been seeking will not be discovered by your effort alone. God is doing something you have not expected. He is bringing the intersection to you. He wants you to stand still and rest, waiting for Him to perform the promise He made to...
Patriotism, in its purest form, can be honorable if it lives in submission under the hand of God. When patriotism becomes a tool to craft a product and create an industry within the Church, it will end up polluting our soul and diminish the effectiveness of our...
Tremors are being felt. A landslide is coming. Our land is about to slide toward the heart of God. The weakened topsoil of evil will give way to the Spirit's power rising within the institutions of our culture. Just before the landslide takes place, many will predict...
For years, I have been hiking a section of trails above our home and today, I noticed a new sign. It was just put in place by those who manage the trail system. As soon as I snapped a picture, the Lord impressed on me, the sign was a metaphor for something He wanted...