• God isn’t fretting small beginnings

    Mustard seeds. Five loaves and two fish. Twelve followers. 120 in the upper room. God isn’t intimidated or discouraged by what WE think is small. He asks for: 1. Surrender — Give what you have to him. All of it. 2. Trust — When he says YOU are part of the miracle, understand he just may know what he is…

  • The toleration we have for “the devil we know”

    Mark 5:1-20 tells the story of the demoniac in the Gerasene region. What strikes me each time I read this story is the toleration the villagers had for the bondage this man was under and when he was actually made whole, they wanted Jesus out of the region. They had “the devil they knew” and could “manage” the bondage at…

  • Prayer and Waiting

    Solid advice from Richard Foster and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

  • The numbness of our culture

    This is not a simple, run of the mill, 1980s pro-life argument I am trying to make.

  • Prayer from a restless heart

    Today, my prayer (from Dag Hammarskjold, printed in Richard Foster’s book, Sanctuary of the Soul): Give me a pure heart — that I may see Thee, A humble heart — that I may hear Thee, A heart of love — that I may serve Thee, A heart of faith — that I may abide in Thee.

  • 2015.07.19 Discipleship Part 4 – Pray Audaciously

    2015.07.19 Discipleship Part 4 – Pray Audaciously – A sermon from Heights Church  Subscribe in a reader or on iTunes

  • Talking about evangelism

    In my second podcast, I talk about basic discipleship and what EVANGELISM means.  

  • Hitch your wagon to a political movement…

    Dear friends, we have lost our way. To the right… to the left… we have lost our way.

  • Our settled hearts found in Christ

    Thoughts on meditation from Richard Foster in Sanctuary of the Soul.