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.
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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 ReadingSep 28
2017
God Speaks, Goodness Abounds
It’s not that God was any less present to them or working any fewer miracles of deliverance and preservation among them over those years; it’s just that they stopped seeing Him. They stopped recognizing His faithfulness to them. And I do the same thing.
Jan 13
2017
The Problem of Suffering: Habakkuk
We, as Christians, have the privilege of engaging with our Creator, demanding a response for evil that seems contrary to His very character, and throwing ourselves into the eternal love that began between the Trinity and has been mercifully extended to us.
Jan 5
2017
Mercy in the Real World
In this real world where we live, God calls us to have faith, both in doing the works he puts in front of us and in trusting him for the results (visible or otherwise) that they may or may not achieve.
Dec 8
2016
Fierce, Avenging, and Good
"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver, "Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good."
Nov 3
2016
To Listen with Faith and Wonder
Faithfully reading the Bible means that we don't wait for the text to amaze us. We have to sit with it, attend to it.