Shock and Awe

When awe is lost, connection follows. If connection is the purpose of the human race, and we believe God tells us we can’t properly connect with Him and people until we’re helping others connect, we lose the most essential thing we can have. Awe and wonder around God and people centers our emotions and causes […]

Build or Bust

Nehemiah could have ignored the massive challenge ahead of him.  He had a lucrative career, worked in a palace, had all the stuff, but gets destroyed by one piece of bad news that he let wreck him until he did something about it. The funny thing was his purpose was hiding behind the problem. Why […]

Belonging

Belonging is a series about the 3 stages of belonging in the family of God, the local church.  First we’re adopted. Next we commit to personal growth and start coming to things because it’s good for us. Step 3 is where purpose is found and we start making a difference: where we learn the skills […]

Sneak Attack

Passive-aggressive behavior is a type of aggression that is indirect… And is expressed subtly in actions or words. Like “I got stabbed by someone. I think? But they’re smiling…” Often stemming from having little voice or being unheard as a child, this subtle manipulation ends in devastation. Absolom, the Scriptures say, stole the heart of […]