Ministry

I was given the opportunity to speak at our home church on doing devotional times with family in the context of the home. This is something that we have experimented with and sought to do for years now…

There have been many who have asked what the heck we are doing as we travel. The answers vary depending on what city we are in but I wanted to give just one testimony from Portland.  In a previous post I briefly mentioned a man by the name of John. He has been waiting for a heart transplant. Months ago he was required to move close to the Portland area based on the need for close proximity if a heart were to become available for...

BEING MY OWN MESSIAH Does it ever end?  The wrestling in the heart of man for attention? So many things in our society are put in place to train us in self-promotion and marketing ourselves.  From social media venues like Twitter and Facebook, to TV shows like American Idol, Biggest Loser and even the Olympics.  Ever so slightly, we are encouraged to become focused and take pride in our own efforts, adoration, abilities,...

REMINDER: My blog is really to get my processing from prayer and study into a place that actually helps it to become streamlined in my own mind and heart…even if it might be a little long. But if you track with me, I see some of what I blog as being critical to my own walk with the Lord and even my own salvation. For those who like simple blogs filled with pictures and only a few sentences (that’s me too), mine will...

After living in evangelical Christianity my whole life, I’ve slowly been unraveling the fact that what beliefs I called my own, were really hazy, very unstable and poor theology. Most were built on someone else’s thoughts, study, etc through good sermons and great catch phrases. Some of those catch phrases I used to have in my theological framework are so unbiblical to me now. Whether it was in my conservative Baptist...

Well, here is part 2 of my series of posts on Kingdom Vision Unto Mission (KVUM). I get distracted sometimes in between posts w/revelation that is hitting my heart, or things that are burning in that moment of life. And as I have said in past blogs, this is a place for me to just get my thoughts and processes of study out into written form. It is changing my life at the moment and if you want to check it out great! If not, I totally...