You know how your finger will get caught for just a second, then get flicked forward and the cuticle will hit something so hard it short–circuits your brain? Yeah, just did that. After the manly squealing subsided, I thought about how pain is a gift. It may not feel like it when it's happening, but …
Looking for Good
If you're always looking for what's wrong, guess what? You'll find something wrong. In essence, it's choosing to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That kind of mindset has to exhaustively create and maintain systems to manage life, because the fruit of that tree drives you to control what you …
Lion’s Rain
"Those that are Mine will be as dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass to everyone around them. And they will be like lions to the enemy" (Micah 5:7-8). These verses from Micah are so special to me that I had them tattooed on my back after beating cancer. They give me perspective—to …
Before You Take Another Step
Before you deal with another moment of your day, stop. Take a breath. Let your shoulders relax. Close your eyes and focus on one thought: you are entirely loved. Without condition, without working for it, you are completely loved. Despite the last thought you had, or the last thing you said or did, you are …
Unfearing
I constantly see two kinds of fear in church leadership. First is the fear of failing God, of never performing well enough for Him, which values principle and conformity over intimacy and identity. Principles are good, and needed, but a ministry based primarily on regulations makes for lousy relationships. That kind of fear begins by …
Equip Your Spirit 