When I returned from sabbatical I wanted our church to take 'vision' a level deeper than simply our personal vision or our church's vision. I wanted us to return to the core vision of every believer and church, which is a transforming vision of the only awesome God. I can never get over A. W. …
Why I’m Returning to My Blog after Sabbatical
Dear friends, I had an amazing sabbatical this summer, and I waited to return to my blog to decide if it was something I wanted to return to or not. While I began my blog as a way to process my thoughts in conversation with other, share things I was learning, and reflect on the …
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Worry and Faith (discussion questions)
Here are the discussion questions that accompany my message, "Worry and Faith," from this past weekend at Eastbrook Church. This is part of our series "The Kingdom Life." The text for this week is Luke 12:22-34. Discussion Questions: When have you experienced the greatest worry in your life? How did you deal with it? This weekend …
Worry and Faith
This past weekend at Eastbrook Church we continued our series "The Kingdom Life" by exploring the topic of worry and faith. My message centered on Jesus' words in Luke 12:22-34, giving some attention to John 20:19 and Philippians 4:6-7 as well. Here's my contention: if Jesus opens the doorway to God's presence through the Cross and the Resurrection, then it is …
Sunday Prayer 51
We choose to abide in You, You who are the Vine of the Lord; we choose to abide. We abide in Your love, that love which called our names before anything, that love which brought forth all creation; we choose to abide. We abide in Your commands, those commands for which we were made to …
