THE FIRST TIME

I remember the first time I publicly prophesied in a church service. It happened at Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon. That Sunday was just a few weeks after the Lord met me in the middle of the night and radically changed my life.  As the worship service began, I...

WHY WE SPEAK

I study the life of prophets. I want to know what they went through when called to deliver a challenging word to God’s people. This is the territory where a prophetic gift is released and is either accepted or rejected. Humility must take the reins of our will if this...

NO MORE TOTEM POLES

I was talking to a pastor who is a good friend of mine. He has a significant prophetic anointing. He was told by an older prophet who has a very public and recognized ministry that he needed to graduate from his pastoral assignment to embrace his prophetic calling – a...

IT’S NOT PERSONAL – IT’S A CALLING

The conversation went like this: “Why are you talking about those things? “Because you aren’t and it’s my assignment.” The Church has been described as a body with many parts that have different positions and functions. Our spiritual health and our reasonableness are...

P-WAVE PROPHETS

Jan and I live along what is considered by many seismologists to be the most dangerous earthquake fault line in the world. It is called the Cascadia Subduction Zone.  This fault line runs just off the coast of northern California, Oregon, Washington, and...