I’m thinking about a dream I had a while ago, in which Angi and I were hunting vampires. No, she wasn't wearing a cheerleader uniform. And before you comment, neither was I. These vampires didn't suck out your blood. Each one would drain a person's identity, and their venom numbed a victim's belief in God. …
Building a New Altar
Before Gideon was in the battle that made him famous in Sunday school, he first fought a battle over his own heart. Gideon saw himself as less than nothing, but God called him a "mighty man of valor," and kept encouraging Gideon to see himself and his circumstances as God did. As his thinking began …
Name Maker
Names are important. The rebel alliance wouldn't have been nearly as intimidated by Darth Patsy. When God gave Adam the responsibility to name all the animals, it wasn't to give him busywork because he kept asking God annoying questions. I think Adam named them according to what he saw in them, in their nature. When …
Remember Who and Whose You Are
“O Shepherd. You said you would make my feet like hinds' feet and set me upon High Places.” “Well", he answered, "the only way to develop hinds' feet is to go by the paths which the hinds use.” —Hannah Hurnard, Hinds' Feet on High Places Why do you, a beloved son or daughter of God, …
Burning Heart
Perhaps for someone besides me—I feel like God's saying he knows you're tired, and how futile some days have seemed. But he's encouraging you to strengthen yourself in him, and to not to give up pursuing all your heart has been longing for, even the things you can't define or even describe yet. He's not …
Equip Your Spirit 