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I'm reaching out with something a bit special — an invitation to join me on a reflective journey called Deep Calls to Deep.
The last couple of weeks have been a huge reminder to me that there is still more goodness in this world than bad.
It is always the transformation of the smallest part that leads to the transformation of the whole. 
We groan and cry out in this painful life experience together. 
The cold, hard fact is that there are prayers that God does not answer.
Who can stand before this cosmically-sized love without being completely transformed?
Either way, you will ultimately face then refiner’s fire.
The problem is that Hell is never once mentioned in the Bible.
When you are confronted with the reality of an undeserved kindness, it can be transformative.
The word wrath isn’t an unloading of God’s fury and rage on the unrepentant.
Should we pray for the president?
The judgment of God is simply giving a person what they have freely chosen.
We have only ever been alienated from God in our minds.
I was told that I needed to be saved from my sins so that I wouldn’t go to Hell when I die.
The most misunderstood word in all of Christianity.
There are many people who struggle to understand a God who unconditionally and preemptively forgives everyone.
The forgiveness of God is unconditional and preemptive.
Where O Light are you in this darkness?
You may not trust these words now, but there is hope in your pain and suffering.
God, I am done with you.
"Thoughts and prayers" are devoid of meaning, of value, of consequence, of participation, of action, of change.
We live in an age in which stimulation and consumption are all too normal in our lives.
The Good News of the Kingdom of God is not one of the many things.  It is the thing.
I ache because life can be so much better than what you are settling for.
I know who I am today and I know what role I play in this life because of my mother.
Spiritual transformation is a process. It is a daily walk of letting go and receiving, of dying and coming to life, of being refined into something new.
If the Church is to be the embodiment of new creation, a sign post of God’s present reign in our lives, who will nurture and guide us along the way?
Our communities are in desperate need of people who love each other and seek out Truth in love and who can hear it without egos and attitudes.
The great blessing of faith I received from my father was greater than the very foundations of the earth.
What if the Biblical narrative paints a very different picture of our future hope than the one many Christians have come to believe?
Real thanksgiving is saying right now and right now and right now, “This is the very best life can offer and I want to fully embrace it.”
My cynicism and skepticism kept me from believing that God would, or could, actually speak in a way that a person today would really hear God.
Have you ever felt utterly alone and wished that there was someone else who would just recognize you, say a word to you, or make you feel welcomed?
The truth is that I was afraid that they might perceive me as a salesman or as having some sort of an agenda, even though neither of those are true of me.
Every single time we take the humble and submissive way of Christ, it may look like defeat for you as an individual.
In solitude and silence we metaphorically come out from behind the bushes and trees and finally stand naked before God…exposed.
fasting is the key to spiritual breakthrough. yet the obvious question is, "how can abstaining from food have any effect on my spiritual life?”