As silly as this might sound, God gave me a prophetic word through watching a movie recently. I didn't have any massive revelation while watching the movie, but Friday/Saturday night at about 1 AM, I felt God whispering to me about things to come. This is a word intended for the church primarily. Please understand that this word is not about doom and gloom, but about the revelation of true identity. This revelation will be a massive wake-up call...
Bless those who persecute you. Don't curse them; pray that God will bless them. Romans 12:14 (NLT)
I remember watching a video not too long ago of a police officer dragging a black girl out of her school desk and not knowing what story about the context to believe. I also remember feeling a strong sense of anger emanating from the student and from the officer. It marked the first moment of my awareness of the deeper issues we're now facing...
Ever have a moment of sudden revelation? I've been having many of these lately: simply going to and from activities, day to day, when all of a sudden, the smallest thing will strike me. The way the clouds have formed, the way a friend speaks, the stillness of the air, the way a stranger walks across the room... I find myself constantly stopping in my tracks and reeling from the weight of the realizations from these simple things, and often I...
Welcome to the 2011 edition of my annual New Year's letter. If you are privileged enough to have been given the password to read this post, then I invite you to grab a cup of coffee (because coffee makes everything more enjoyable) and read on. Let me know in the comments how your year was too and what some of the lessons were that you've come away with. :) History
Trying to recall exactly what happened in January and February of this year is...
In all honesty, I haven't had a lot on my mind lately. Over Thanksgiving break I've been house-sitting which has been a blessing and a curse, but mostly blessing. The hard part is being by myself, yet at the same time that is also the blessing—the silence is like an emotional/mental/spiritual detox. Yep, it's just me and the dog I'm watching and frankly, I couldn't ask for more. Thanks to the tremendous amount of silence and stillness, I've...
Sometimes, I find myself particularly tired of my place in life… and then it hits me: I want it now. I want my portion now. I have been promised an inheritance, and I’m tired of waiting. Oh God, have mercy on me. It all begins when I start to think about the things that I do, the places I’ve been, the person I’ve become, and I look at all of the people who just don’t care, all of the opportunities that never presented themselves, all...
