Grit or Quit?
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma–which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown...
View ArticleTake Off the Leash
I’m excited to invite Alan Briggs to the blog this week! Alan is the Director of Frontline Church Planting, the Multiplying Pastor at Vanguard Church and the Lead Creative at Stay Forth Designs where...
View ArticleFear, Outrage, and the Uncertainty of Our Times
Liminal (definition): of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition. A friend of mine who works with people systems in the corporate world made a keen observation about the...
View ArticleWhy Repentance is Awesome (and Really Needed Right Now)
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ~ Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride “Repentance” has gotten a very bad rap in recent decades. As far as my own experience...
View ArticleThat’s Not Christianity
Jesus said, “Come, follow Me.” ~ Mark 1:17 It’s no wonder the road that leads to life is so narrow, you know. It’s just so terribly difficult to stay on it. Not only does it require faith, which is...
View ArticleThe Importance of Saying Yes to Hard Times
STAY STEADY NOW* Stay steady now Grab hold Grab hold of Something And be brave. Everything is telling you the tempest is not yet done. You must shed your doubt now. Plant your feet on the salty deck of...
View ArticleThe Lone Wolf Dies, But the Pack Survives
Take My Hand* Here now, take my hand. Let’s dance together just over the next hill where the music of the wild and dangerous things live. There are no songs here in your lovely castle you haven’t heard...
View ArticleYour Body is You
May your body be blessed. May you realize that your body is a faithful and beautiful friend of your soul. And may you be peaceful and joyful and recognize that your senses are sacred thresholds. May...
View ArticleYour Body is a Living Threshold
“I am the joy of God made manifest in a body here now a Breathing Life stretching out to join the convocation of the awareness of everything a true brother with every right in the world to be here” ~...
View ArticleMy Body (a poem)
Sometimes I would run from you if I could take you to a crowded plaza and lose you there leave you to find some other soul to cage while I simply fly away But then the very thought of being apart from...
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