Category: Intentionality

This is an incredible story and a powerful testimony to the potency of prayer. Please take time out of your day to read this story today.  It is so satisfying to read something like this and know what kind of God saves us, what kind of God loves us and what kind of God cares…

The first time I ever saw someone tweet #favorfollowsme, I was taken back by the audacity of this claim. How conceited does this person have to be to proclaim something so prideful such as this? But after giving some thought to this idea and looking at my own life, my initial outrage was diffused. I…

Be sure to first the last on – because when I speak of effort in this post, I am coming at it from a distinctly grace-empowered position — and not as something that comes directly from our own sinful self.  Is effort necessary in the Christian life? Do I need to put in energy and enthusiasm into living…

The allure of becoming a Pharisee is quite attractive and downright delightful. The personal benefits of becoming one are endless. You get to control what you do, make sure others are behaving, withhold compassion from people that you do not like and initiate personal vendettas against people that are not following your book of rules.…

Would you like to be as happy as you are on a Friday afternoon, every day of the week? Would you like to find out what you need to ignore in order to be happier? Would you like to become a dream releaser? Would you like to be content with your life, regardless of the…

Our culture in general and people in particular are obsessed with the new, the novel, the latest and the trendiest. I personally have a battle with this every single day as I seek to be fully satisfied in Jesus instead of the latest tech gadget or a trendy garment. We all experience this in one…

Read the first post regarding the four types of people populating the [Russian] church here.  Attempting to function with an Americanized mindset in a cross-cultural church does not come without a challenge. It can be difficult, but it is not impossible. Even when some of your church members think distressed denim is something you wear…

I am fully convinced that whatever we magnify in another person, this is what we will constantly think of them. What we think of the other person will determine how we act with them and towards them. Our entire disposition in regard to someone else is determined by our perception of them. This seems strangely…

About a month ago, upon entering my garage, I discovered the ceiling saturated with water. It turns out that one pipe had a pin-hole sized leak in it. Even though the pressure of water that was spraying from the pipe was barely visible, it did a fair share of damage. A large portion of the…

Many of us have experienced a holy hangover. Before you get all religious on me, allow a moment for a brief prelude. You just came home from a great Christian conference . You just listened to some of your holy heroes preach a 90 minute sermon. You just attended a moving church service. You just…