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Neighboring meets ripple-effect faith. I call it missional neighboring.
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For the People Watchers, EavesDroppers, and Hope Devoid
The more I ponder Jesus’s invitation to overhear His words, the more I wonder if He’s not teaching us a simple yet effective model of discipleship. One that looks a bit like a ripple-effect.
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The Truth About Vulnerability: The Grace-Lined Protection We Need
Jesus says to leave behind the list of preparedness. Of comfort. Of cushion. He gets really specific in the following verses, if you want to read it. But basically, anything you can do without, leave…
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How To Cultivate a Receptive, Growth-Friendly Heart
This, friends, is the best recipe for a growth-friendly heart that nourishes the seeds God plants.
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How To Slow the Rush and Really Rest
I can trace His name through Old Testament stories, and I can also read the New Testament at a pace that lets me soak in it. I can slow so my heart can fill, linger…
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What Happens When You’re Drenched in God’s Endless, Relentless Love
It hits like the curled top of an ocean wave: every name I’ve penned in Bible margins, in answer to Ann Voskamp’s question in Sacred Prayer–”Who do I say that God is today? (Mark 8:29)”–is…
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How to Know What God Actually Wants from Us
I’m sitting with that as I ponder how we best serve God and minister to the people in front of us on His behalf.