“Somewhere deep down within you, everything that Christ has ever gone through is already deposited in you. Some of that which is His experience He desires that you also experience. He has a yoke to place around your neck. It is an easy yoke; that is a guarantee, for He has already gained the strength to bear […]
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Growing from Jail
Yesterday I got to talk to a guy that had spent the summer in jail. At one point in his time there, he got in a fight and spent 12 days in the "jail within the jail." – no windows, a shower every 3 days, and they passed his food to him through a slot […]
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Great Section on Change from "The Forgotten Ways" by Alan Hirsch
A couple years ago I was reading “The Forgotten Ways” by Alan Hirsch. At some point I stopped. I’m not sure why. I remember around that time I was getting really frustrated with the way church was and I was reading a lot of books about the problems with church but I couldn’t find much […]
Fruitful Pruning, a Video about John 15:2
Here is a backyard video I made with some thoughts on John 15:2. John 15:2 He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit. https://vimeo.com/46525386