Jun 14
2018
The Real Thing
So here I sit, wrestling through this reality, all the while examining areas of my life where my worship is misplaced. How have I been duped?
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An Abundant Fountain
"We fail to remember that God is as the Psalmist describes: an abundant fountain, a river of delights, a full house, a radiant light. The Psalmist knows God never operates out of scarcity. Where we must begin with Deeper is recognizing the ever flowing depths of the fountain of God. He is living water, because it is always abundant and always flowing. Scarcity mindset keeps us from going deeper, because we are afraid the safety net either isn’t there or doesn’t go deep enough. We won’t risk, because we can’t. We can’t possibly risk such things. There might not be anything left. There might not be any left for me. We are all like Goldilocks lamenting lost porridge, broken chairs, and occupied beds. But God always has room and always makes room. He is an overflowing fountain."
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Deeper
Abiding through the fall at City Pres meant holding on for dear life to your life preserver ring hoping the other side of the rope is attached to the rescue boat, continually clinging, continually waiting. But abiding in the new year at City Pres is what I think we’re being called into: “Deeper.”
Keep ReadingJun 7
2018
Wartime Realities
I may feel exhausted or discouraged or wounded by events in my life, but do I recognize the underlying battle?
May 31
2018
O' Doyles Rule!
...the Revelation of John for things to come points to a people so engrossed in their self-sufficiency that the thunder of heaven cannot turn their unrepentant hearts - how much like that are we? How much like that am I?
May 23
2018
Celebrating the Spirit
God had kept his promise and given his Holy Spirit to the disciples. And now he was giving it to all who trusted in Christ for salvation.
May 17
2018
Every Syllable
“How long this world will suffer, how long I will suffer… Do you hear my cries? Do you know the brokenness?”
May 10
2018
The Church Triumphant
My trials and suffering feel like the squashing of color and blurring of lines to the point that my portrait isn’t the perfect and skilled mimesis of what the world expects. Yet, there is so much more depth, so much more character.
May 2
2018
Grief & Hope
Even in this chapter, of this overwhelming book, we see how all of scripture is brought together to accomplish the same plan that has been laid out in the Bible all along.
Apr 19
2018
Paradoxes and Weaknesses
I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new.
Mar 29
2018
Behold
Despite the fact that Jesus literally states in the verse that he will be with us “always, to the end of the age,” I often feel alone when confronted with the idea of trying to share the Gospel.
Mar 23
2018
The Overcomers
As broken as this earthly existence can be, there are eternal promises that break through and transcend the brokenness.
Mar 15
2018
White Stone
Much like the city of Pergamum, I followed the only way I had known, and in doing so I had no compass for my life...
Feb 22
2018
Understanding Revelation
The book of Revelation, I have found, as I’m sure have many of you, is one of the books of the Bible where I really have a difficult time getting the message from my head to my heart.
Feb 8
2018
A Better Tower
You see, it’s not that God is against towers. He’s building a huge one for us to enjoy...
Nov 16
2017
Crushing the Serpent’s Head
What was once unending, immediate, and bountifully provided, within a few bites of fruit was now cursed with enmity, great pain, and toil. Marriage was once to be harmonious and is now divisive, pain is brought forth at the births of our children, God is farther away from us and we dig through thistles for fruit.