Inspiration

Church Inspiration
Where Are You Finding Your Hope?
July 24, 2014
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In the midst of our current cultural trends and global instability where are you finding hope? Every summer I get the privilege to attend some of the lectures and panel discussions at the Aspen Ideas Festival. This year there were over 300 events led by world leaders and specialists for almost two weeks. One of […]
Christian Life Inspiration
What Are You Fighting For?
June 25, 2014
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The recent news out of Iraq is alarming. A band of some 1500 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) who were outnumbered more than 15 to 1 took over the whole city of Mosul, released dangerous prisoners and raised the black jihad flag over the city. ISIS’s goal is to […]
Inspiration Missional
What is Your Message?
May 18, 2014
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Recently, I took one of our kids on a campus tour of CSU (Colorado State University).  During the tour we walked through a central open plaza where our tour guide told us that it was a “free speech zone.”  The picture included in this blog shows the big preaching stump in the plaza where our […]
Inspiration Leadership
What is the S.U.M of Your Life?
February 3, 2014
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Have you ever taken the time to sit down and take a piece of paper or your journal and write out all the main areas of your life – all the plates that you are spinning?  Let me encourage you to take some time to do this important exercise.  Once you have all the different […]
Devotional General Inspiration
Eramos Topos: First Thoughts determine First Love
December 21, 2013
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This past October Meshell and I had the opportunity to do a study tour of Israel.  It was an amazing opportunity fulfilling a lifelong dream to be able to walk where Jesus walked and dive deep into the Word of God.  During our time around the Sea of Galilee one of the places that intrigued […]
Christian Life Devotional Inspiration
Break Through Prayer
September 11, 2013
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Do you struggle getting through to God in your prayer time?  I believe that most of us struggle with our prayer life because we have not been taught how to pray break through prayer.  So, what is break through prayer?  In Ephesians 1:15-19 Paul gives us an example of break through prayer and again in […]
Christian Life Devotional Inspiration
Living Without Wasting Your Life
June 21, 2013
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What is your approach to life?  Do you see it as an indescribable gift with a clear purpose to live out or do you see it as something that just happens so make the best of it? I have been meditating upon Psalm 68:28 recently.  “Summon your might, O God.  Display your power, O God, […]
Christian Life Devotional Inspiration
Keep the Fire in the Fireplace
May 28, 2013
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Have you ever thought about how you are investing in romance?  Where have you been looking for guidance about sex and romance?  Statistics reveal that most people even those who regularly attend church are not looking to the Church or to God’s Word for guidance about sex and romance.  The spirit of Eros has taken […]
Christian Life Inspiration Missional
SPIRITUAL MOMENTUM – Do you have it?
April 5, 2013
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Do you feel stagnate in your relationship with God?  Does your involvement with church feel institutional or feel like an exciting movement?  We all wrestle at different times in our spiritual walk with feeling stagnate.  Following Jesus is never to be stagnate or boring.  It is to be vibrant, alive and abundant.  Church is never […]
Christian Life Inspiration Missional
Living On Purpose 2013
January 7, 2013
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Why live on purpose?  Some would simply say to live on purpose because you can be more productive and accomplish certain goals.  But this begs a larger question.  Do you believe that you were created on purpose?  I do not believe there are people who truly believe that they are just here by chance?  Yes, […]