Confessions – Page 3 – Collision of Kingdoms

refueled

I met with a friend who needed refueling today. As we met and chatted about God and ministry and life you’d be tempted to believe that the words were the fueling. Or maybe the fueling was in the prayers and the encouragement? But I’m confident that the fueling happened in the love that was sharedContinue reading “refueled”

the basics

“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” – Jesus in theContinue reading “the basics”

Venting

I remember the first time I saw myself on film… I was stunned. I was the one of the only people on earth I’ve never seen. I mean I look at myself in the mirror, but I’ve never met me and sat down to chat as to criticized me, I’ve never estimated my age andContinue reading “Venting”

Perpetuate

Spiritual mentorship is not formulaic, it’s sacrificial and parental. It’s not all excitement either. It’s brass tax, real-life interaction; where the majority of the help comes from what happens un-intentially and sometimes without notice. It’s much like parenting, sometimes resented and most always questioned, yet somehow God works within its confines to form exactly whatContinue reading “Perpetuate”

Vacation

To be honest… …it’s like I’ve been on a vacation for the last 10 years. My prior life had no purpose and little hope. Then I chose to dive headlong out of my old life and into the life of Christ. God met my act of faith with the reward of a new life- adventurousContinue reading “Vacation”

rightful aim

I set aside time alone to quarantine the most relevant enemy, my self. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave. 1 Cor. 9:26-27

Grief.

getting over it

“God is asking me, the unworthy, to forget my unworthiness and that of my brothers and dare to advance in the love which has redeemed and renewed us all in God’s likeness. And to laugh, after all, at the preposterous ideas of ‘worthiness.’” – Thomas Merton

Get Real.

And you — being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh — He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses, 14having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed itContinue reading “Get Real.”

With

John 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me. I just left the book store a few moments ago. It’s one of the things my wife and I like to do on Saturdays. As I was gleaming at the rack ofContinue reading “With”