In 1984, my feet started to go numb, and I began to experience crippling migraine headaches. Within a few months, I was in the hospital, completely paralyzed and being told, "You might die. If you don't die, you will be disabled for the rest of your life."
Christmas Music All Year Long
Foundation
Bad News
Loved
I’ve been spending time with the Apostle John lately. For several weeks, I’ve been reading in his gospel along with 1 John and Revelation. Something that strikes me is how much John’s character changed after being with Jesus. I’ve always thought of this Disciple as being the selfless and humble one of the Twelve. After all, he’s the one that wrote so much about Jesus’ command to love.
Waiting
The sun had slipped behind the hills in the western sky, making the city dark. Soon, oil filled lamps and candles dimmed, doors and windows shut and the city went to sleep. For one man however, sleep was becoming increasingly evasive. The words of the young teacher were troubling at first and now these words had become downright sleep disturbing.
Who?
We know Jesus wants us to make disciples who also make disciples. We know this disciple-making commission was his final instruction to the 12 and for the church. We know that he made disciples so amazingly well, and we know all of their names. So here is the question - Have you ever spent a night in prayer asking God, “Who do you want me to disciple? Will you bring them to me? Will you show them to me?”
Boxes
Come Sit With Me
A Story: Part 4
I think it’s time we start telling better stories. True ones about the faithfulness, kindness, love, and forgiveness of God that we’ve experienced in our lives. Look around, and you will see people languishing without real hope. If you profess to be a follower of Jesus, telling Hope Stories (see last week’s blog) is part of our mandate from Christ himself.
A Story: Part 3
A Story: Part 2
A Story
We live in a story. As a kid, I was a storyteller. “Show and Tell” was always TELL for me and I loved to color outside the lines and make my stories bigger and more adventurous than an eight-year-old would actually enjoy. Big stories, small stories made big, real stories, stories to illustrate a point - I had no idea these tools would become such a part of my toolkit.