Podcast Episodes

Awakening of Our Hearts

We must open our hearts to all the other ways God is bringing beauty into our lives. The beauty of a flower garden or moonlight on water, the beauty …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Journey or Homestead?

Every great story involves a quest. In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ran from the door at a quarter till eleven without even so much a…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Great Falling Away

Giving up has always been a struggle for frail humanity. But when Jesus urges us to ask for strength to escape, he has something particular in mind, …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Essence of Healing

As we explore the many beautiful and intimate ways Jesus comes to heal our inner being, keep in mind that whatever the damage may be, in any realm of…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

What God Sees in You

Your sin has been dealt with. Your Father has removed it from you "as far as the east is from the west" (Ps. 103:12). Your sins have been washed away…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Breaking the Stronghold

The Ephesians passage warns about spiritual strongholds created in our lives when we let “the sun go down” on something. Note that in this case that …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

First Things First

Doing things for God is not the same thing as loving God.

Jesus loves the poor — so, movements have arisen that make service to the poor the main thin…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Giving God Your Attention

Down through the ages, followers of Christ have believed that to be able to give God our attention as a regular practice was a very important thing. …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Love Is Chosen

Any parent or lover knows this: love is chosen. You cannot, in the end, force anyone to love you.

So if you are writing a story where love is the mean…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Our Longing for Love

I know I’m not alone in having a hard time believing in the love of God for me (we think he loves everyone else), or receiving the love of God, or le…

4 months, 3 weeks ago