You See Dry Bones

The Unimaginable

You may think I am being over dramatic, but try to understand. Johnny Cash.  My wife and I married in August 2005. We were gearing up for our first Christmas together when my wife informed me she bought my gift and wanted to give it to me.  I was facing a dilemma. Of course I [...]

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Growing Expectations

We all have them. Most of the time, mine are wrong. Two weeks ago I started talking to our church plant about the directions we are heading and how this would demand sacrifice and reaching out beyond ourselves. I talked to them about small group planting, checking out other churches, and the dreaded “F” word; [...]

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Slower

Churches do not just spring up overnight. We want things done FAST. Seriously, when is the last time you bought a microwavable product and panicked because it took more than five minutes to cook? What about waiting to make a right hand turn on red only to discover there is a sign telling you not [...]

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Spiritual Disciplines: Sabbath

This week I am looking at five exercises to help strengthen your life as a follower of Jesus. I am going to combine these posts with my Bible study series into a short e-book which will be free for download. You can read the first and second installments here: Fasting, Prayer, Silence, Meditating, Fellowship. God [...]

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Spiritual Disciplines: Fellowship

This week I am looking at five exercises to help strengthen your life as a follower of Jesus. I am going to combine these posts with my Bible study series into a short e-book which will be free for download. You can read the first and second installments here: Fasting, Prayer, Silence, Meditating. I am [...]

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Spiritual Disciplines: Pause

Sorry, can you come back on Monday? Truth be told, it was a very busy last couple of days. I have not had a chance to finish my last post on Spiritual Disciplines.  I will finish it up on Monday.  If you want to, please leave a comment on what you would like that discipline [...]

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