Ange and I are reading a book called Red Moon Rising. It’s about the 24-7prayer movement and it’s really interesting. This passage really struck us and, strangely, gives me a lot of hope: J. Edwin Orr, a widely respected historian, in a message called “Prayer & Revival,” described the situation in America in the 1780s. [...]

This is a strange thing to be thinking about when it’s been such a week of celebrating God’s goodness (did you hear we got our visa!?!), but I’ve been thinking about pain today. One of the most alarming things about Jesus and his teaching is that He never guarantees that we won’t be hurt – [...]

For the last two years I’ve been spending time with a group a of Indianapolis pastors, facilitated by Loving Accurately Ministries. They have a weekly prayer meeting for pastors and meet monthly at the Broadripple Brewpub. I’ve learned so much from these guys, especially the guys that lead it – Geoff Wybrow, Jim Falk, and [...]

I don’t have any funny stories or anything today.  I just want to tell you how wonderful my God is.  He has been waking my heart up in such a new way.  There aren’t words that are big enough to tell you how much I love him or even approach how much he loves me [...]

I was spending to time with the Lord tonight and I found this video of one of my favorite songs: This is reality: He loves us!

Mark and I had the pleasure of attending a bit of the District Conference of the C&MA this past Tuesday. It was a really interesting day. It felt really good and encouraging to be with a bunch of people who love the Lord and have walked with him – some for a few years, and [...]

mr. rogers sure knew what he was talking about. today has been so lovely. i awoke to the sun filling my room with its beautiful morning light. i’ve spent the day making things, and i’m so inspired today that it feels like there’s just not enough time to get it all done. or started… mark [...]

Yesterday was one of those days that I just woke up in a fog of heaviness and weariness. I imagine most of us have days like that. All morning I was feeling heavy and anxious about things at work. I decided to take some time over my lunch break and pray, asking God for peace [...]

Ange and I went to see The Golden Compass last Friday. It was a really interesting movie. In case you haven’t heard, it’s also been boycotted and generally whined about by a lot of Christian groups because of the “anti-Christian elements”. I enjoyed the movie. I thought it was entertaining and well made, but also [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the underlying messages in our communication. For example, I can say something to my wife that sounds totally supportive, right and loving, but the message is “You need to change A and B for me to accept you” – which is neither loving nor supportive. The same principle [...]