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Inspiration

Stop Trying To Find Yourself – Build Something

November 5, 2018

church, community, escapism, isolation, Purpose, relationships, work

Escapism, entitlement and empty existentialism are emotionally and spiritually crippling our culture today. Many are stuck in the individualistic existential experiment and are being consumed by a sense of disorientation, confusion and dread in the face of a seemingly absurd world. In our quest to find ourselves and live authentically more and more people are […]

Christian Life Tough Issues

Are We Community Deprived – Take the Test

Stephen Woodrow

August 15, 2018

church, community, independence, isolation, loneliness, Trinity

Mother Teresa has said, “Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.” Loneliness and isolation are at epidemic levels today in our culture. Loneliness is like leprosy because it isolates and kills a person. They are different because leprosy is outwardly evident whereas loneliness is a silent undiagnosed killer. Radical individualism has affected the way […]

Tough Issues

Should We Make Our Teenagers Come To Church?

Stephen Woodrow

April 23, 2018

church, Jesus, parenting, teenagers

Should we make our teenagers come to Church? Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world. It should be seen as a calling for it requires Divine assistance. One of the most sobering things about parenting is that it is not necessarily what we teach our kids, that sticks, but it is how […]

Inspiration

Communication Restoration

Stephen Woodrow

March 21, 2018

communication, Grace, reconciliation, restoration, truth

When communication breaks down relationships break down. When relationships break down family and community break down. When family and community break down a nation can become polarized and incapable of honest respectful dialogue. The solution to this dilemma will not occur at the national level, though we desperately need leadership from all parties that can […]

Missional

Church Planting and YOU

Stephen Woodrow

February 21, 2018

church planting, God, great commission, Jesus, missions, Purpose

Some of us here at Crossroads Church Aspen just returned from the official launch of one of our partner churches, Sandbox Church in Houston, Texas. It was such a joy to sit back and see so many “marketplace” people organizing, serving and leading. It was an amazing morning and an amazing gathering of people all […]

Devotional

Getting Over God Not Doing What We Want

Stephen Woodrow

January 5, 2018

2018, Anger, Direction, Disappointment, Frustration, New Year, Purpose

It is a New Year. And with a New Year come new challenges as well as new opportunities. In this transition season from 2017 into 2018 I have been led to 1 Kings chapters 17-19 looking at the beginning of Elijah’s ministry. God’s question to Elijah has become God’s question to my heart. […]

Inspiration

A Vision for Aging

Stephen Woodrow

November 8, 2017

Aging, Discipleship, God, health, Jesus, sickness, Vision

Do you have a vision for aging? Maybe you are like most people and know that aging is inevitable, but don’t want to think about it. Some are in denial and even try to fight it. My hair started turning gray early. I am pretty much fully gray now at almost 54. I recently told […]

Missional Theology

Globalization and Spiritual Warfare

Stephen Woodrow

July 31, 2017

geo-politics, globalization, God, Jesus, missions, Politics, Spiritual warfare, worldview

Is globalization good? Well, yes and no. I am not going to deal with geo-politics in this blog necessarily, but the spiritual warfare reality behind globalization. Tragically, many Christians are reading their Bibles and living their life with more of a worldly worldview than a biblical worldview. The Bible from beginning to end can only […]

Christian Life Devotional

What is Eternal Life?

Stephen Woodrow

May 19, 2017

eternal, Father, God, Good works, Jesus, life

All Christians are familiar with the term “eternal life.” But when asked what it actually “is” not much is given beyond the answer that when we die we will be with God forever. This of course is true, but it misses the important reality that “eternal life” is not just an experience for the future […]

Inspiration Theology

Be Careful When You Say: Always or Never

Stephen Woodrow

February 15, 2017

communication, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, language, words

God has a sense of humor. How do I know? Because it seems like every time I carelessly use the words “always” or “never” I end up eating my words. I told my grandmother for years I would “never” drink coffee. She put a twenty-dollar bill in her journal that I would. I am a […]

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