What a humbling gift to be the Keynote Speaker at the Missional Women Retreat this past weekend. I am continually moved by the solid, Christ-centered hearts of the women at Missional Women. Whether it’s sharing about foster and adoption at a church in Denver, communicating God’s heart through our testimony at a college in Colorado, or driving […]
Guaranteed Hope and Reports of Miracles Amidst the Flames
In a world of statistics and calculations, reports and diagnosis; science has made its way into every stream or label today. We have integrated mathmatics and probability, intellect and conclusions into virtually every catagory of our belief systems; and that includes Christianity. Yet, what if God still moves in a way that defies odds? What if […]
When You Feel Invisible
He sat in silence, away from the crowd. Small, tiny, almost completely unannounced. A world’s hustle and bustle around. They missed the humblest born. The crowd moved en mass. Leaving the town from the holy event. Noise, sacrifices, children like a caravan. Yet, a boy wasn’t with them. Instead, He was found in His Father’s house. […]
When You Wonder Who You Are
Paint covers the flat, white sheet. Big strokes, small strokes, detailed dashes with red, blue, and green…He focuses, intent… Head down, eyes fixed on the paper before him. Like Piccasso, He taps into something divine and creates a masterpiece that’s all along, his alone to define. His parent enters. She points to his creation. The little […]
The Overrated “Normal” Life
We all want to fit in a box…if we are honest, if we search our hearts and even science that says, social norms are what society loves to mold themselves into. But this gospel, this Jesus-loving, radically-changing, people-caring life will be out of the box, if we live it right. I see my old picket fence. […]
Reminder to Self: Watch Doctrine Closely
Oh friends, this weekend was a reminder that our day is turning clearer, yet our doctrine, more muddied. I wail inward at the deceived, at the reminders that love reigns, but love without truth is poisonous, ugly. Parents, won’t we teach our children the ways they should go, so when they are older, a toxic culture […]