Give us today our…

Daily bread.
You know, this concept has been on my mind often the past few months.  I feel as though I’m beginning to learn more and more about just what this means in my life.  God has provided what I need, when I need it.  Sometimes that’s energy to get through a tough week.  Sometimes that’s [...]

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Beautiful Mess

I just started reading the book “Beautiful Mess” by Rick McKinley the pastor of Imago Dei Church in Portland. The basic premise of the book is that the Kingdom God has set up here on earth is a beautiful mess.  God has chosen to use us, broken, imperfect people to carry out his will and [...]

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Diversity

So, here’s something that’s really cool about Charlotte:  The city itself gives great value to recognizing diversity.  And above that, LifePointe has the belief that the Church should reflect the diversity of the community.  Both of these points attracted me to LifePointe.  For this to be a value ingrained in them means a lot to [...]

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questions on holiness/the yoke of Christ

Here’s just something I’ve been thinking about:
As a kid, I was frustrated when I couldn’t get something just right.  And it wasn’t that I didn’t do a lot of things pretty well, but I always saw what I could do better.  The situation that sticks out in my mind is when I could see vividly [...]

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Comfort in God’s will

Psalm 25:8-10 (The Message) “God is fair and just; he corrects the misdirected, sends them in the right direction. He gives the rejects his hand, and leads them step by step. From now on every road you travel will take you to God. Follow the Covenant signs; read the charted directions.”
This verse [...]

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Things I am working through

With all the busyness of the last week or so (and quite possibly, the last month or so), I feel as though I have been devoid of complete thoughts in many areas –from my blogging, to insights God has brought, to being able to complete a song. So with that, here are some of [...]

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Disturb us

This prayer is from Jeanie Curryer.  All I really know about her is that she was a missionary, but it’s a prayer that has stuck with me for quite awhile:
“Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves.  When our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little.  When we arrive safely [...]

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Trusting God

Wow, it’s really been a couple weeks since I wrote here.  Well, I’ve got 4 more months in this internship at Suncrest Christian church.  God has done some amazing things in me, and I think has done some things with me.  As always, as I get near the next life step, God starts reminding [...]

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Where Jesus and Batman agree…

“…it’s what you do that defines you”
You know, I don’t think anyone has ever wanted to think of themselves as evil. Nor does anyone want to think of themselves as shallow or conceited.
This is a tough topic because so many times we see ourselves as good, or “better than ____” whoever. We always [...]

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Illustration of the day: from Francis Chan in Crazy Love:

To set this up, he’s talking about the Christian life and love. That being a follower of Christ takes more than just a declaration at the start and then wearing the label and it means we are saved. He says that the Christian life is a struggle and it is a going-against the flow. Here’s [...]

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