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?”
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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 ReadingMay 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.
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.
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...
Feb 1
2018
How Many Nations Under God?
Living under the new covenant of Jesus’ blood, we also get to see the beautiful picture of Jesus drawing people from every nation, tribe, and tongue to Himself.
Jan 18
2018
Aftermath
There’s nothing like a natural disaster to inspire people to ask deep questions about the meaning of life, justice, and the existence of evil and hardship.
Jan 4
2018
Fear & The Flood
The rainbow is not a promise that life will get better after experiencing a storm. The rainbow is the promise that God will send a rescue, that God will be our refuge.
Dec 6
2017
Far as the Curse is Found
I feel glimmers of joy as I walk the aisles of Target perusing Christmas decorations or when I’m driving in my car listening to 24-7 Christmas radio, but I also feel sad.
Nov 29
2017
Hope
Adam and Eve based their hope on Cain, as a result of an incomplete and flawed understanding of God’s promised redemption.
Nov 23
2017
Hasten
We look forward and say there is a better day coming because of Jesus. And not only do we look forward, but we hasten it by living today as a renewed people in the midst of that broken world.
Nov 23
2017
A Risky Call
Entering into moments of vulnerability consciously and intentionally is risky, but it stops shame in it’s tracks.
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.
Nov 2
2017
The Good Fight
The great news is, we already know how the battle ends.
Oct 25
2017
Shame and Sin
Satan placed doubt of God's goodness and sovereignty in the minds of Adam and Eve just as sin does to us now. Instead of looking to God, we look to the “Tree” for our fulfillment...
Oct 12
2017
Life Between the Trees
The tree of knowledge of good and evil represents the fall of men and the tree of life reflects the way God designed us to exist. Between these two trees, there stands the tree that Jesus died on to pay the price of the fall and reconcile us to God.
Sep 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.