If you are a believer, where you are, God is also. And where your great love and your great work is in His name, God rejoices. It is in those ordinary spaces that you stand the strongest chance of brushing up against glory. [Click title to read more.]
Category: faith and growth
The Nature Of A False Prophet
Whenever we have the opportunity to talk to anyone about what God thinks, what God wants or intends, or what He has revealed to us, it's wise to double-check before we lead anyone - including ourselves! - astray.[Click title to read more.]
Working With Raw Material
As Christians, as humans, we tend to view some parts of ourselves as "fixed" and unchangeable regardless of the work that God has done in our lives. [Click title to read more.]
Focus On The Red Flags
Your spiritual walk is the sum total of all the small choices that you make. [Click title to read more.]
You Don’t Have To Go To The Huge Cool Church. It’s Okay To Think Small.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with Huge Cool Churches. I do encourage you, though, to realize that a Huge Cool Church is not the only, nor always the best, option for worship. [Click title to read more.]
Eternity Doesn’t Matter To Us The Way It Should
Eternity - the prospect of a God beyond time, of endless endlessness with Him, of what it means - makes everything small: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Eternity dwarfs the worst wars and the brightest moments of human history. [Click title to read more.]
Is A Little Enough?
I struggle with only knowing a little. Especially lately. Convinced that God is working out a grand plan for my life, I am nonetheless enormously frustrated that I can only see one tiny corner of it. The rest of the picture is obscured from view. And frankly, I grow resentful from time to time. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Deify The Process. Deify God.
The amount of time and energy we put into something says a lot about where our hearts are, and where they ought to be. [Click title to read more.]
Pursue The Unremarkable Life
Have you ever noticed that very few people want to talk about being called to an ordinary, unremarkable life? [Click title to read more.]
Get Over Your Fear Of Being Wrong
A lot of believers go through life never questioning themselves about anything. They never confront the possibility that they might be wrong. Ever. [Click title to read more.]