Reflections on the prophet Isaiah…

I was talking to a good friend of mine about songwriting today and whenever I start thinking about inspiration and songwriting, I inevitably think back to Isaiah.  Weird huh?  I was just so impacted back in February when I was reading through the book of Isaiah.  He is one that is undisputed as one of [...]

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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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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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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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very random things

goodness it’s been awhile. here’s 21 random thoughts, questions, and things I’ve done since December 15th:
1. Went to STL where I gave my family my newly self-recorded cd “Old Songs are New to Me” check it out here if ya want: www.myspace.com/n8mactunes
2. I’m 5 months til the end of my internship and so I’m starting [...]

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the hero we need

Excerpt from The Dark Knight
“Why’s he running?”
“Because we’ve got to chase him for a little while.”
“But why do we chase him if he didn’t do anything wrong?”
Lt. James Gordon: Because he’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now…and so we’ll hunt him, because he can take [...]

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