Author archive: Stephen Woodrow

Church Inspiration
What Happened to Holiness?
September 12, 2019
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When was the last time you had a serious discussion about holiness? When was the last time that you or someone you were talking to was deeply concerned about their holiness? We don’t even use the word much today. It is almost like it has become irrelevant in today’s culture and within much of the […]
Christian Life Inspiration
Do You Feel Prosperous?
July 12, 2019
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Inside every soul is the desire to prosper. Have you spent much time thinking about what makes you feel prosperous? Is it financial security, physical security, good health, good relationships, being in control, lack of stress, or plenty of vacation time? Many people have a hard time answering these questions because they have never really […]
Devotional Inspiration
God’s Bucket List
June 1, 2019
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Do you have a Bucket List? A Bucket List is basically a list of things we hope to do or experience before we die. The idea was popularized in a 2007 movie titled, “The Bucket List.” The term possibly was derived from an English idiom, “to kick the bucket.” It is slang for “to die” […]
Church
Take A Step
May 6, 2019
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To move forward we need to take steps forward. The enemy of our soul tries to keep us living in the past. Jesus has come to free us to move forward into God’s glorious design and destiny. We were made to live in community. God lives in perfect community: Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit. He […]
Inspiration
Patriotism, Pacifism and a New Year
January 1, 2019
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  It is New Year’s Eve and I am having a quiet evening reading C.S Lewis’ classic, The Screwtape Letterswhile I wait for 2019 to ring in. Meshell and I usually celebrate with the east coast and are asleep before the New Year comes to Rocky Mountain time. I always love the time between Christmas […]
Inspiration
Stop Trying To Find Yourself – Build Something
November 5, 2018
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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
August 15, 2018
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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?
April 23, 2018
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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
March 21, 2018
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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
February 21, 2018
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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 […]