Monthly Archives: December 2011

What happens when there is a loss of focus? Today I experienced several occasions of focus lost by others. Each time, someone else’s loss of focus had a direct impact on me. The first situation I was driving on the … Continue reading →

  There are moments in time when we lack perspective to understand the season we are in. Sometimes what appears on the surface to be a season of loss is in reality a season of preparation. Daniel experienced this. Jerusalem … Continue reading →

“Are you ready for Christmas?” It is a question I am hearing a lot of people ask me. I know that really what people are wondering are other questions. Have I finished my gift shopping? Did I send out Christmas … Continue reading →

Dear Jesus, I heard you finally came. You are the promised one. You are the greatest gift ever given. You are the greatest story ever told. This is how I heard the story told to me. “In those days Caesar … Continue reading →

I believe that today the church is living in exile. To be in exile means “expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree or the fact or state of such expulsion: to live in exile, or a person banished from … Continue reading →

  I am thinking about religious demons this morning. A demon is a supernatural being who is not God but wants to be God. A demon is a fallen angel. A demon is in rebellion to God and will do … Continue reading →

What is ministry? I believe that many people cannot truly understand it. Perhaps the reason is that the behavior of contemporary ministers fails to reveal what God intended ministry to be. Ministry is all about serving people. “This is how … Continue reading →

I hear people in the church always talking about transformation. I hear people talking about transforming their cities and their regions, but as I watch the years go by, often transformation has occurred, but our cities have become more distant … Continue reading →

Sometimes when we are in a hard place with challenges and difficulties, all we want to do is run to someplace easier. Our spiritual deserts, our times of testing are the places God wants to transform into places of blessing. … Continue reading →