Podcast Episodes

Thoughtfully Orchestrated

We feel that God is not only unconcerned with our plight, but that he is actually working against us. And sometimes, we are right… Indeed, in the seventeenth chapter of Acts, Paul gives the Athenians…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Wisdom

Wisdom is crucial. But wisdom is not enough. Wisdom is essential...and insufficient.

Saul of Tarsus was headed to Damascus, "breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples," with officia…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

An Anchor For the Soul

Scripture names hope as one of the Three Great Forces of human existence: 

Three things will last forever — faith, hope, and love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT) 

By saying they last forever, God names th…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

A Whole New Way

Through his cross he paid for our sin, cleansed us, bought us out of the dungeons of the evil one and brought us back to his Abba. Jesus established a whole new way of relating to God. He often recli…

Published on 4 years ago

Simple Soul Practices

We grow during meaningful conversations with kindred spirits. But that's often hard to find in the midst of our non-stop days filled with never-ending to-do lists. Today, we want to lift up several p…

Published on 4 years ago

A Warrior God

I don't fully understand the modern church's amnesia-plus-aversion regarding one of the most central qualities of God understood for centuries before us:

The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name. (…

Published on 4 years ago

Wedding Feast of the Lamb

Imagine the stories that we'll hear. And all the questions that shall finally have answers. "What were you thinking when you drove the old Ford out on the ice?" "Did you hear that Betty and Dan got b…

Published on 4 years ago

Acts of Love and Sacrifice

Life on the road takes us into our heart, for only when we are present in the deep sentences can God speak to them. That's why the Story is a journey; it has to be lived, it cannot simply be talked a…

Published on 4 years ago

A Part Too Large

The things that have happened to us often suggest that the real script of the play we're all living in is "God is indifferent" rather than "God is love." Deep down in our hearts, in the place where t…

Published on 4 years ago

A Reassuring Beauty

Creation sometimes screams a confusing message — fear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must remember — this was not so …

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago