Discipleship/Spiritual Formation

  • “2015.10.11 – The Heart of a Disciplemaker” – A sermon from Heights Church  Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes Read more

  • Am I worth following?

    Am I worth following? Does my life truly speak “LIFE” into others? Read more

  • “2015.10.04 – The Call to Make Disciples by Vicki Higgins” – A sermon from Heights Church  Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes Read more

  • Discipleship is a necessity in the Kingdom of God. It’s the bravery to say, “I don’t have all the answers. But, I’m willing to be ‘Exhibit A’ in my walk with Jesus if you will follow.” We can’t be afraid to “blow it.” We also can’t be afraid to “get it right.” I want to… Read more

  • Learn to live in the POWER of the Cross. There is a marvelous exchange to be made if we will finally see how PUNY our lives really are! Read more

  • “(The hard experiences) were only graces in the sense that God in His mercy was permitting me to fly as far as I could from His love but at the same time preparing to confront me, at the end of it all, and in the bottom of the abyss, when I thought I had gone… Read more

  • Self justification

    The model Jesus gives us for following him is incredibly simple… and difficult. Love him. Love people. Prepare for rejection. “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” (Luke 10:16) This is simply bad news all the way around when we unpack… Read more

  • “If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all… Anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to… Read more

  • Spiritual Father

    I relish every time I get together with my spiritual father. He has mentored me all through ministry, beginning in college. When we sit over coffee these days it is some of the most precious time I could ever spend with someone else. Today it was about the presence of Jesus. It was about Jesus… Read more

  • The WHY of Fasting

    There are a lot of reasons to fast and pray. What is needed most is to remember to add in “AND PRAY.” We don’t fast to “diet.” Sometimes it is necessary to fast to specifically ask something of God. Those are not always successful. We have expectations of what should “come out” of the process, and when… Read more