Category: Rambling
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “Fill in the Blank”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Sunday, we kicked off a…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “The Easter Question”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Sunday, we celebrated Easter at…
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My Declaration over Kfirst #RiseUp
I’ve had a number of people ask me about the declaration(s) I read yesterday over the congregation as we brought our series to a close. I declare: There is no promise too hard for my God to fulfill. There is no prayer too intimidating for God to answer. There doesn’t exist a problem too big…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “From Desperation to Declaration”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Sunday, we wrapped our series…
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My Friend Leon: 3 Ways You can Get Community in Your Life
Last Sunday, I was doing an introduction for a friend who was bringing the message at Kfirst. Jp Dorsey brought an outstanding word to our congregation that I have been chewing on ever since the weekend. If you were not able to join us, check it out here. In my intro for Jp, there was a…
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Almost 40, but she isn’t an “almost” person. A Birthday blog to my sister.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day. In the midst of green color decor lies a birthday to one of the people dearest to my heart: My sister. Rachael was born on March 17, 1979. If you do the math, you’ll notice something special about this birthday: This last year of her 30’s. Rachael is almost 40. As an…
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Be in the Room: Billy Graham and the Necessity of Mentors
My heart is torn in a beautiful way. It’s the only way I know how to describe the state of my soul when someone passes from a limited/partial understanding of Jesus into the absolute fullness of that Hope. Within me, there is a part of me that mourns the loss of a giant. The other…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “Assume the Position”
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Sunday, we kicked off a…
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Light into the Darkness: Journaling Through a Depressed Heart
Sitting early this morning in the coffee shop, I had just finished reading John 15:26-27. I sat in stillness at the word Jesus used to describe the Holy Spirit jumped off the page. The Advocate, or Comforter. In scripture, the Psalmist calls this “selah” (stop, pause, think). And in the midst of meditating on the words of my…
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Fighting Change: 4 Thoughts on Change in Your Marriage
It seems to me that people don’t like change. Even those that proclaim how much they enjoy change, usually are speaking to specific changes they prefer and not necessarily all change. But isn’t “change” part of how we fell in love? We met someone who was of a different sex, from a different family, with…
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