Who is sick of Christmas?

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….ohgghhhh! Who is sick of Christmas? I’m not talking about the truth of Christmas, I’m talking about the commercialization of it. Are you perpetuating the masking of the truth by stumbling along with the music, the shopping and the general deception of the holiday season? Do you say [...]

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The Space Between

I love the DMB song, The Space Between. For me, it captures the angst of our attempt to reconcile the tug that death has on what we were meant to be, i.e. Fully Alive in Christ.  There is a sense in which you are just around the corner from real meaning, from wholeness, holiness, connection [...]

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Are you Cross Fit?

I’m a huge fan of CrossFit, http://www.crossfit.com/ a free online workout program which integrates speed, strength training and overall physical fitness. I’ve done triathlons, swam in college, played soccer for ever, and run a few races, but I’ve never been in as good of shape. Everyone I’ve run into has noticed something different about me. [...]

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If Anyone Thirsts…

John 7:37-38: “On the final and climatic day of the Feast, Jesus took his stand. He CRIED out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to ME and Drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says.”  That’s it. [...]

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See with the Eyes of your Heart

“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the HOPE to which He has called you, the RICHES of His Glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great POWER for us who believe. That POWER is like the working of His mighty strength, which [...]

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Freedom of the Believer

“Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.”   Galations 5:1  It is your choice now.  Most of us don’t realize that it is simply a state of believing that we are actually free to live a NEW [...]

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What’s at stake if you don’t care for your heart?

Sign up for Men’s Retreat, 06-08 March 2009, Lake Yamanaka It’s kind of like asking, what would happen if I don’t put oil in my car? Lets back up a minute. If you even ask the question, then you know something MOST men don’t even give a second thought to: That your heart is made [...]

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