“If you werent afraid of death, or failure, or if you weren’t afraid of rejection, if you were not afraid of humiliation, if you were not afraid of what other people thought about you, if you were not afraid of anything, what would you be doing? What would you do with your life?” – Erwin Mcmanus
This quote just screams out vulnerability and community to me. I know for myself there are times I am afraid to admit my fears or insecurities, but being able …

“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field which someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells everything he owns and buys the field.” (Matthew 13:44)

This is taken from Brennen’s book, Abba’s Child, pages 116-118 read more by clicking title…

If God is present at every point in space, if we cannot go where He is not, cannot even conceive
of a place where He is not, why then has not that Presence become the one universally celebrated
fact of the world? Read more by clicking the title above…

When you lose heart you can’t love.
When you lose heart you can’t worship… you can’t serve… Read More… Click on Title above.

Great talk to Westmont College by John Eldredge.  Don’t miss it!

I found out that the church exists in the NICU at Children’s Hospital in Colorado Springs, not because it was in a building. It was not even in a building as our culture defines church. The church existed because 2 or more followers of Christ were present. ..

Tonight as I was leaving work, I hopped in my car and enthusiastically turned the ignition switch, excited to get home and tuck the kids in for the night. The motor churned slowly, but not fast enough to fire the engine before bogging down to a low chug and finally the dreaded click-click-click of a dead battery. I knew Julie wouldn’t be able to get the kids out and come help, so I sat and thought. Who could get here the most quickly and who would I disturb the least

Video Entry from Scott Hunter… Are you really a prairie chicken or could it be that you’re an Eagle and do not even know it?

Autumn…
Fall has always been my favorite time of year.
I wonder if everyone loves their birthday month as much as I.  Do you?
October is mine.  It’s always been a month of promise for me.   A new year… an opportunity to put the last behind… hope for the next.  That’s always been the story of my October until the last couple years.
The past two Octobers have been ones of brokeness.  More in line with the natural autumn and it’s death leading into winter.
This weekend I am preparing my heart for a visit …

So, ok, maybe that’s not what I did. Maybe it was more like lamented but I’m not sure.

As I shared my story I realized a few things… (click title to read more)