Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. Saint Augustine There’s a concept floating around. It has something to do with all of us having this heart-shaped hole inside of us only God can fill. I believe this to be metaphorically true. I think it’s often communicated (or perceived) that this filling is a one time event. […]
Rise and Fall
Editor’s Note: Please enjoy this creative reflection from Journey alum, Nancy Lopez. Rise and Fall Rise and come to Me, I hearA sweet, compelling VoiceAn invitation, a commandAn order, yet a choice Beliefs are only stepping stonesA perch to glimpse the landHope will launch us, longing calls usBeyond the place we stand What is for […]
Leading from Behind
A gunshot echoed across the hills as I joined the many hikers who started their trek down the trail at the start of the BLAST! Hike-a-thon. BLAST! is a 24-hour hiking fundraiser where endurance, challenge, and camaraderie join together to raise money for Discovery Ministries. I have logged many miles on this trail over the […]
A Table in the Wilderness
Have you ever endured a desert season? Can God spread a table in the wilderness? Ps 78:19 Things get dry and unsatisfying, frustrating, or just boring. If you are a leader, maybe people around you start to grumble or even blame you for leading them to this arid place where God seems absent. You get […]
An Ode to the Spirit
Then Adonai, God, formed a person from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being.Genesis 2:7 (CJB) Spirit, it is You who give us life, You give us breath, You give us the ability to live as we were intended: as children […]
Divide
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV If Watchman Nee* is right, and 1 Thessalonians 5:23 is a key version that reveals the nature of man as a […]
I Couldn’t Go Back
“It happened one day while Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, Jacob, John, and two other disciples were all together. Peter told them, “I’m going fishing.” And they all replied, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and fished through the night, but caught nothing. Then at dawn, Jesus was standing there on the shore, but the […]
