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God Has Come
There is a place I often stop to pray (and catch my breath) during my ravine runs, it’s just a ways into the woods at the top of the stairs just west of Connors ...
Immanuel: God With Us
On November 8, we welcomed our third child into the world—a sweet baby girl. And just three weeks later, we decided to list our ...On November 8, we welcomed our third child into the world—a sweet baby girl. And just three weeks later, we decided to list our house. So, here we are: painting and cleaning and decluttering ...
I Will Follow the Star
Dusk is falling. The world around me grows dark. Sometimes I’m afraid of the dark. Accidents, crime, death. Darkness is fear. Sometimes ...Dusk is falling. The world around me grows dark. Sometimes I’m afraid of the dark. Accidents, crime, death. Darkness is fear. Sometimes it feels like the darkness is as much inside me ...
Love
Because you never wrap an empty box with beautiful wrapping paper and give that as a gift. Because you never invite someone over for ...Because you never wrap an empty box with beautiful wrapping paper and give that as a gift. Because you never invite someone over for dinner and serve them an empty plate. Because you never ...
Hope
Hope. Hopeless. Hopelessness. I’m having a hard time trying to recall a season or moment in my life in which I ...Hope. Hopeless. Hopelessness. I’m having a hard time trying to recall a season or moment in my life in which I felt a real sense of hopelessness. A time when my ...
Wait On Me
Natural disasters, persecution, homelessness, Profound loss, sometimes senseless loss, They rain down on us all for a season. When we look to God to give us a reason. He remains, oft silent, but always ...
All In
Joy. Certainty. Fear. Forgiveness. Joy for the Kingdom of Heaven, awaiting His spirit. Certainty for the words spoken: words of truth, not blasphemy. Fear for the stones, poised to kill. Forgiveness for the hands ...
Enough (Excerpts)
This past week, Jordan & Erin Camponi took some time to read through the account of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with their kids, Beck, ...This past week, Jordan & Erin Camponi took some time to read through the account of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with their kids, Beck, Lainey, and Neva. Here is the scene they created based ...
Sight, Light, and MUD
Sight. Light. Side by side they stand in John chapter 9, co-mingling in the person of Jesus. He SEES the man born blind. He also perceives ...Sight. Light. Side by side they stand in John chapter 9, co-mingling in the person of Jesus. He SEES the man born blind. He also perceives you and me. Not to judge, but to encounter and to ...
The Other Side
When reading the story of the demon-possessed man in Mark 5, with all of its subtle cultural implications, it can be challenging for us ...When reading the story of the demon-possessed man in Mark 5, with all of its subtle cultural implications, it can be challenging for us Westerners, 2,000 years after the fact, to grasp the fullness ...
Rise. Kill. Eat.
“Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” As Peter’s fascinating vision concludes, God’s voice issues this pointed order. His command is a shock to my ...“Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” As Peter’s fascinating vision concludes, God’s voice issues this pointed order. His command is a shock to my modern ear. Rise. Kill. Eat. How explicit. How bestial. How ...
Broken
When we think of being broken before God, it is a positive thing, but brokenness in other contexts is not. The brokenness that pleases God has nothing to do with being torn down or ...