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This morning, I saw the image of a firing squad. Normally, that image would be depressing, depicting death. It was not about death, it was truth being fired in love into the heart of darkness. It brought life. Truth, when spoken in love, becomes a projectile of hope...
If we live long enough we will eventually be falsely accused of something. It's a shock when this happens, especially regarding people who we thought should know better. These accusations can be tossed out when a misunderstanding happens, a perceived betrayal takes...
For over 20 years, I have hiked all the trails above our town thinking I knew just about all there was to know about the trails until a recent hike. I was hiking along a trail just outside of town when I happened to look down and saw something I had missed all these...
Fifteen years ago Jan and I stepped off an airliner onto American soil after serving as missionaries in Europe. Our lives at that time were lived mostly on the road traveling throughout Europe strengthening and encouraging churches. We were perpetual visitors...
My skin is turning parchment. The years of my aging now yielding to familial DNA, to youthful days running bare in the sun. There is a coming to grips with this process of life and living, a reality check of sorts. All of this is good, this emerging gray and wrinkling...
As you grow older you will begin to think about the legacy you will leave behind. Many people who pursue a legacy of accomplishments and notoriety end up tired, bitter and alone. There is another legacy that has a far greater impact on those who will follow...
As you mature as a follower of Christ you will learn how to trust your gut instinct – your intuition. Some in the Church resist this kind of thinking because it lacks an outward image of spirituality. There are two kinds of intuition. There is a natural intuition...
Some of the goodness you are now experiencing can be traced back to a single decision someone made years ago not to compromise. Someone made a decision to believe for more and that choice has become a blessing in your life. God began to position His promise...
You are coming to a moment in time when what you have pursued will be overtaken. This has been a dream that has always been out in front of you – just out of reach, but now you will take hold of it. Your coming circumstance will be like that of the children of...
You have entered a season of unusual harvest. You thought that once you harvest this current crop you would need to plow again and sow more seed, but God has another plan. As you enter your field of labor and begin to harvest this current crop another crop will...
You just had one of those nudges of God’s Spirit that felt like a small wind disturbing a leaf and blowing it across your path. This kind of impression would not normally be anything of importance, but you are beginning to realize it was God speaking to you....
You jumped without considering the consequence. It was a reflex action that now has you airborne and you don’t know where you will land. As you fall you hear the Lord say, “Declare a landing zone”. His words seem strange because you know what you did was...
You have been struggling with a vertical structure of leadership. This form of leadership resembles a totem pole. The leaders on top must fall off in failure or die before those beneath them can rise higher. We are in a time of Church history where the...
You have been running scared. God is asking you to slow down and start walking in faith. This walk of faith is a gentle stroll. Its cadence is set by peace, not by fear. What has pursued you can only overwhelm you if you continue to run in fear. Fear can never outrun...
A quick shift has taken place. Everything has changed. You didn’t see it coming. You feel like you have been pushed from a familiar room through an unseen doorway into a strange new place. No one asked your permission. It just happened. Nothing looks the same. The...