Hard Stuff
You can’t grow muscles without exercise. You can’t grow your intellect without study. All growth requires resistance. We have to learn to see things as they really are, through Kingdom…
What Was Done To Christ
Once Jesus has been handed over, he was no longer the active agent in his own story. He was a passive victim, and it is important to note that Christ’s…
How God Makes You Grow
None of the dark powers understood why Christ came into the world. If they had, they wouldn’t have pinned him to the cross (see 1 Corinthians 2.8). Maybe these dark…
Learning From Rivers, Wadis, Swamps and Rain
Several months ago I was reading Teresa of Avila, Her thoughts on prayer also apply to philanthropy. She likened prayer to watering a garden, and with every subsequent activity our…
Letting Go Of What Was Never Ours
To model generosity, one Sunday our staff placed $50 bills under three seats in our auditorium. Not even our elders knew the money was there, taped to the bottom of…
Prayer // this is all I’ve got, unless God makes it better
In prayer, we come to our Father saying, “This is all I’ve got, unless you make it better.” Prayer is the inoculation against spiritual disease. When we pray, our souls…
How to Pray Through Your Horror
Julian of Norwich was brilliant. She positively impacted millions by her reflections on prayer. But she was crazy. Julian’s experience of God resulted in such ecstasy she spoke of it…
Why Does Prayer Feel Like Golf?
I’ve invested so much time, so much devotion, and developed so little competence in return. I’ve been praying daily for forty years and often wonder why I’m still so bad…
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