Jesus Wept Until recently, I didn’t quite grasp why Jesus wept. He knew that Lazarus would rise from the dead, that his dear friends Martha and Mary would witness the greatest miracle of their lives to date. And yet, he wept. The simple answer is compassion. Yet that didn’t seem to completely cover it for […]
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“Come now, let us reason together.” -Isaiah 1:18a God holds an open invitation to chat about the state of our hearts. I’d go so far as to say he is begging us to come to Him with our brokenness. Despite what is waiting for us in God’s loving arms, the distance between us and God
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Pride: One of the seven deadly sins One of the greatest ways that we miss the mark as humans is our intellectual pride. We think that we have it all figured out. We know what and who is right, and what and who is wrong. We know how our life and the lives of others
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Note: This is very slightly modified from a sermon preached on Sunday July 6th, 2025. The focus reading was Luke 10: 1-20. The call to share your testimony with at least 10 people is from Rory Paquette and his podcast: “Wake Up the Lions”. 🙂 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore
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Rooted Grounded–that feeling of eating slightly more than your fill at a dinner with family and friends, kicking back in a recliner, laughing about the good old days. Or perhaps walking alone with your thoughts by the ocean, your toes digging into the sand, the waves lapping up around your ankles. Being grounded is being
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The Aaronic blessing reminds us of our identity in God. Yet, in order to fully benefit from the intent of the blessing, we must cultivate a heart space that allows our identity as children of God to shape us.
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What happens when we come face to face with the divine? According to the Biblical record, when a human is contacted by the divine, either by an angel or by God Himself, the receiver of this visit is left in a less than desirable emotional state. In Deuteronomy, chapter 18, the Israelites cry out, “If
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Note: This post is the text version of a sermon I gave at my home church on in September, 2023. Just a few short weeks ago, I was on the mountaintop. I felt in tune with God’s will and knew without a doubt that the Spirit was working through me in ways that went beyond
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Wrist Slap I’m a contemplative Christian. That means, out of the main sources for my understanding of and relationship with God (Tradition, Scripture, and Experience), I lean towards the “experience” part. I meditate twice a day, walk in near-constant prayer, and worship with passion. I used to be more about the other two: tradition and
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Different Gifts, Same Spirit As Christians, when we submit our lives fully to Christ, the Holy Spirit moves within us powerfully for the good of all the Body of Christ and the world at large. In two different epistles, Romans and 1 Corinthians, Paul speaks of these varied Holy Spirit-bestowed gifts. Interestingly, these passages both
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