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I don’t want to miss my shot.
I’ve been thinking lately about the holy audacity of Shiphrah and Puah, midwives who lived in the era of Moses. They were so sure of the will of God and

The Audacious Claim of Generosity
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The Kingdom of God is my country.
I am heartsick, as I’m sure you are, over the state of our country. What happened last week deserves our fervent prayers and attention as a faith community. This has

If you want revival, begin with lament.
Joel and Hosea begin the same way: “The word of the Lord that came to Hosea” … “the word of the Lord that came to Joel.” If you are a

Stages of Trauma and Brokers of Hope
My friend David Thomas tells me that folks who live in areas where significant tragedies occur (like tornadoes and hurricanes and earthquakes … and now pandemics) have studied the typical

Profound Grace
Friends, I grieve as I offer this prophetic word: We as a country are grace-deprived. This season has exposed a sad (and I sense severe) lack of trust. We don’t

Cry Out.
In the wake of the national unrest in 2014, when Baltimore and Ferguson and other cities rioted, Ben Watson – pro football player and solid Christian – made a powerful

How to kill the thing that is killing you
Here’s a truth: Jesus doesn’t save people from sinning. He saves us as sinners. So in the Apostles’ Creed, when we say we believe in the forgiveness of sins, we are

The path to freedom and friendship with God
When we get grace, everything else is colored differently. There is no greater gift from God, and therefore no greater gift we can give one another, than the gift of

Four (and a half) thoughts on hearing from God
What is it God might be asking you to do – what totally illogical, foolish-looking, unpredicted thing might he be calling you to? And if you’re hearing it, how do
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I don’t want to miss my shot.

The Audacious Claim of Generosity

The Kingdom of God is my country.

If you want revival, begin with lament.

Stages of Trauma and Brokers of Hope
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