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An arial view of stark, barren Mount Sinai, standing among other barren mountains under a yellow-orange sky

“Come be with me” – Seven encounters with God

Post published:February 18, 2022
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:April 9, 2024

Seven times, God called Moses to come to him on a mountain. Still today, when the Lord says, “Come be with me,” more than you can imagine hangs in the balance.

A tiny person stands on a distant mountaintop at dawn, under a vast and brilliantly colored sky.

Prepare to meet with God

Post published:May 12, 2020
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:June 29, 2024

Some things, you can’t wait to tell God. You run to him with the news. The Lord who invites you to meet with him delights in your coming to talk. He delights in your coming to hear. For this God has important things to say to you too.

Silhouette of a person kneeling before a cross, under a sky of dark-to-brilliant clouds

“It is finished” – but how?

Post published:April 9, 2020
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:April 10, 2024

Raised above the heads of those who hated him, those who grieved for him and those who liked the show, how was he able to breathe? Breathing required pushing up on those pierced feet. Breathing required ramming splintered wood into his shredded back. Breathing required an unfathomable commitment to finish.

Interesting door handle on a dark door, opening to a hazy, but very green, world

And the future starts now

Post published:October 26, 2018
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
Post last modified:March 11, 2024

Even in suffering, even in exile, may you find growing within you: A life energetic and blazing with holiness, conceived by God himself. Life healed and whole. Laughter and singing. Genuine faith proved genuine. Living hope. One-anothering love. A future that starts now.