April and I started asking God and each other and ourselves months ago, “Are we doing something wrong?” This question relates to our mutual calling of ministering in a framework of revival outside the institutional church. The question has been asked over the past year particularly because of how difficult it has proven to be. …
An Accounting of Days
In these days of seeking the Kingdom and His righteousness, it’s appropriate and honest to share the recent events and encounters that are part of these days. If I gave only the glowing accounts of the victories and unprecedented encounters with God, I would be dishonest. Here are some recent accounts of my experiences in…
A Dream Anniversary
My birthday is this week. I never consider birthdays as anniversaries. They’re not, but there was an anniversary in my life this week. It had nothing to do with my birth or our marriage. It had to do with a dream. I find it remarkable that I haven’t blogged about this dream. It was so…
Write
I haven’t written anything on this blog since November. I grew to believe that my postings were more outlets of frustrations than anything beneficial. I stopped, not knowing I’d ever write anything again, but here I am following inspiration and writing from heart . . . again. Friday morning, I read my devotional readings from…
Greater Things
Way back when, in a galaxy far, far away, I was reading from the first chapter of John early one morning. I read verse 50, and it blew me up. Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” The phrase that caught me,…
Attraction, Worship, Faith
When I’m learning something or needing to accomplish something through a sequential procedure that I’m not familiar with then I’m comfortable with formulas. I remember my mother would be asked to bake a cake for the women’s group at her church. She always agreed because she would say the baked cakes others would bring were…
One Flesh
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> A reoccurring thought I’ve had lately has to do with the one-flesh of marriage. On one occasion, Jesus quoted Genesis 2: 24, “’For this reason a man will leave his father & mother and be united to his wife and two will become one flesh.’” He then said in verse 6…
Yes, Amen, So Be It!
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> I was praying yesterday, and a thought came to me that was not mine. “Say, ‘Yes” to that which God has promised.” The more I thought about that, it turned into “Yes, Amen, So be it!” So, this is what I say yes to today. When I heard for the first…
The Will of God (Part 2)
“I’m actually comfortable with divine mysteries.”
You Can Do Nothing
“There are times we determine by our own honest evaluation of our actions that we’ve accomplished nothing when really we’ve done a lot. We’ve constructed and manipulated and created and communicated and congregated and represented and calculated and still accomplished nothing.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 