LIVING IN THE PAUSE

Today marks the beginning of a pause in measured time. We have entered a process of change and transformation preparing us for a new season not revealed by natural observation or measurement. In the pause, it will feel like time is no longer rigid or stable like hours...

EXERCISING RIGHTS

Some followers of Jesus have been taught it is less than spiritual to demand your rights as a citizen. They have been taught our faith should be disconnected from such demands. The Apostle Paul had a different opinion. While he did not preach his rights as the core of...

TOUGH TIMES

At the beginning of the Great Depression, my father left home. He was one of many children in his family. He left home so his parents would have enough food to feed the younger kids. He hopped trains across America looking for work. When he made any money, he would...

THE ADVENT OF PROPHETIC SCOUTS

To properly discern the times requires that several things be present. We must be open to the voice of the Spirit and have the desire to explore a different reality outside the small box of the biased news offered to us by conventional news sources. We also need a...

THE ONLY EXPLANATION

For a few weeks, I’ve been processing something wondering when it was time to share it. Today, I felt it was time. I was talking with a friend who has been following the Lord for many years. He is a practical man who is not easily influenced by shallow interpretations...

DON’T BE AFRAID – SPEAK OUT

In many ways, the church in Corinth had similar characteristics to the church today in western culture. They had differing opinions about life and faith. Those opinions would occasionally devolve into petty and unrighteous actions used to prove a point or hold onto...