“The focus is on the rebuilding… not the tearing down. The old must be torn down for the new to be raised; to have a resurrection you must have a crucifixion, but God wastes nothing, not even the wrong we imagined into existence. In every building torn down, there is as much that remains that…
Author: Joshua
Boundaries
“You need boundaries, but not walls. Walls divide while boundaries honor. Even in … creation, boundaries mark the most beautiful of places, between the ocean and the shore, between the mountains and the plains, where the canyon meets the river. We will teach you how to thrill with us in the boundaries while you learn…
Simple Gifts of Thankfulness
My head hurts from hearing so much about Black Friday and Pre-Black Friday and all the deals you don’t want to miss so come on out and buy buy buy spend spend spend! What would provoke me to go out on Thanksgiving Day and stand in line with hundreds of others so that I can…
Meditation on Hebrews 12:1-2
In staff meeting the other day, Bob brought out Hebrews 12 and we discussed verses 1-2. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us…