"THE PEACE OF JESUS DOESN'T COME FOR JUST THOSE WHO HAVE BUT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING." -COLOSSIANS REMIXED PG. 53- … [Read more...]
STARBUCKS PROPHECY- UNLIKELY PROPHETS IN UNLIKELY PLACES
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This past week I had the privilege of hopping on a plane to Denver, getting in a rental car, driving to Boulder, CO for brunch with friends and then taking the back way through the Rocky Mountains to my final destination of Estes Park, CO. I was there for a three day journey with 19 other guys that would start our three year journey together as we look for Rhythm in our lives as followers, husbands and leaders. I have to say that incredible is a word that would not even do this experience justice. Now let me get to the point of this post. On Monday we had the chance to go into the Rocky Mountain National Park and spend four hours in complete solitude. I climbed mountains and found myself sitting on a huge rock overlooking an incredible view of creation. The day was filled with journaling, praying, reading and resting. I was constantly seeking Gods voice and vision for my life, my marriage and my ministry. Some incredible things came about as a result of being on the mountain (more on … [Read more...]
MY PERSONAL HELL…THE NEW EGYPT!!!
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I am reading Rob Bell's new book "Jesus Wants To Save Christians" and it is kicking my butt. There is a paragraph that I want to share with you and it caused me to stop and take notice of where and what I am doing. "Sin always gains a head of steam when it goes unchecked. And that always leads to institutions and cultures and structures that are anti-kingdom. This leads to dehumanizing places, like Egypt had become, which these former slaves standing at the base of Sinai know all too well. And God's response is to form a different kind of nation, a "holy" one shaped not by greed, violence, and abusive power but by compassion, justice and care for one's neighbor." … [Read more...]
SUNDAY NIGHT THOUGHTS
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Great day today as we entered week three at our new campus. Here are a few highlights and thoughts from the weekend: 1. 5:30am is way to early to be moving trailers 2. 5:45am is way to early to be unloading trailers 3. The Dumpster smells really bad where we load in and load out 4. Our volunteers are the best anywhere...period...we will challenge any team to a cage match...and win. 5. I just realized how much I liked watching WWF when I was a kid...I loved Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. 6. Our first service Rocked Like A Hurricane Today. 7. Second Service always looks like no one is going to be there and then within 5 min. it is packed. 8. Second Service was incredible this morning. We laughed, we cried...We Were TRANSFORMED!!! 9. Eight more people joined today. 10. Met with our first four people we are going to baptize in a couple of weeks. 11. Our team tore down and locked and loaded our trailers in 38 min. today. 12. Met a ton of new peeps today and cannot wait to … [Read more...]
“THE 4:42″
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My eyes popped open early. It is still and quiet. The only noise I hear is the breathing of my wife and a low hum from the ceiling fan. I lay in wait and wonder why I am awake so early. For a moment...Nothing! Then my two year old lets out a whimper, then a scream. I almost get up joyfully simply because the silence has finally been broken. I look and my wife continues to slumber. As I walk in her room I pick her up, console her and put her back down...all is again silent!!! I am not tired anymore. I walk in the kitchen, look at the clock, and it screams in green L.E.D. language 4:42am!!! Oddly I am ok with the time and grab my bible, my journal and my current reading material. I open the door to my patio and sit in my favorite chair with the stool to prop my feet up. I now wait to hear God's voice through one of my mediums I have brought with me. Again...silence...As I start reading a dog barks. I am then drawn to the book of Nahum! Weird is my first thought. Not sure why Nahum but I … [Read more...]
FINDING OUR WAY AGAIN-CHAPTER 5
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This entire chapter is about Paul and the way of love towards others. Here is another installment of a quote that I thought was great about our spiritual practice: "Without exercise or practice we will not experience transformation, but neither can we produce it through exercise and practice alone. There is another empowerment, utterly indispensable, variously indentified as the power of God, the grace of God, and the Holy Spirit." -Brian McLaren- Finding Our Way Again pg. 47 … [Read more...]
FINDING OUR WAY AGAIN-CHAPTER 4
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This whole chapter has been so compelling to me. I wish I could just re-write it here for you to read. However, the one thing that struck me was the last few thoughts of the chapter. So...here it is: "I wonder what would happen if we were willing to risk everything so that people could be not just indoctrinated and informed by dogmatic abstractions and ritual observances, but formed and transformed by spiritual practices, people who learn a way of life so they can move together in moments of peace, shalom, salaam?" -Brian McLaren- Chapter 4 pg. 38 Finding Our Way. … [Read more...]
FINDING OUR WAY AGAIN-CHAPTER 3
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"Comfort and power can become great enemies of true spirituality and true humanity, which explains why we often say that the prophets come not only comfort the afflicted but also to afflict the comfortable." -Brian McLaren- This book is rocking my existence right now. I hope you pick up and allow it to do the same to you. … [Read more...]
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