And now to Him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in His Bright?Presence, fresh and celebrating ?to our one God, our only Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Master, be glory, majesty, strength, and rule before all time, and now, and to the end of all time. Yes. Jude 1:24-25 Msg The Bright […]
Important Announcement: The Journey Expands to Rwanda
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE TO LAUNCH JOURNEY RWANDA IN JANUARY 2018 Orange, CA, November 3, 2017 – The Leadership Institute?is excited to announce the formation of The Journey in Rwanda led by a graduate of Journey Southern California,?Jean Paul Ndagijimana. The Journey?is TLI’s flagship Christian leadership training process that integrates deep spiritual formation […]
An In-between Summer, Part 3
I?ve had this strange ongoing vision-thing running through my head recently. It is kind of like a movie, only with more dimension and very detailed. I?m watching it and almost participating in it, but not quite.?I?m more like a spectator?watching myself in this vision-thing. It?s a strange experience ? almost tangible. This vision-thing, what is […]
Praying the Psalms
Many years ago, I began reading the Psalms. Daily. First thing, each morning. I can?t remember how it happened, though I do know it began during a long, difficult period of my life. It was God?s goodness that led me there. Along with countless people of God through the centuries, I?ve found the incredible blessing […]
Hitting the Glass Wall
This morning I was sitting in the faculty lounge making final preparations for the class I was about to teach. Suddenly I heard a thump at the window and looked up to see a bird trying to get through the window and into the lounge. Thankfully, it didn?t hit the window so hard that it […]
Through God’s Lens
?I?m having difficulty seeing connections, knowing where you are leading, sensing your heart, capturing your perspective. Please help me see through your lens, Lord.? These words from my journal, especially the last sentence, reflect a common prayer for me in recent years. I long to see, if even in small measure, from God?s perspective and […]
Some Ponderings on Desert Wanderings
I?m often struck by the Israelites? 40-year wandering in the desert.? Forty years is an incredibly long time to wander a portion of the earth that shouldn?t take more than a month to cross on foot, with a few tricky border crossings today, mind you. We know scripturally that their wandering didn?t have much to […]
