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Spiritual Cardiology

We have been in Denver for three years. The mission of transplanting our lives and ministry has been a mountain climb. When the three year marker began to draw closer I was reminded of this story… “A certain man had … Continue reading

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Listen and Obey

Take a moment and marvel at Micah’s ability as a poet to capture in one line the essence of faith. Jesus changes “walk humbly” to “faith”  in Matthew 23:23, thus giving us the best definition in Scripture of what faith … Continue reading

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Live with the End in Mind

When values are internalized (learning a playbook, rehearsing the steps in a dance) there is less need for rules and more opportunity for improvisation. He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of … Continue reading

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Faith at Work

My model and philosophy for ministry coming to Denver has been to make my “employment”…seeking and walking with Jesus in intense communion and then draw near to people in the community and believe for real, raw, revelatory relationships like Jesus … Continue reading

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Sketches of Prayer

Father, thank you for yesterday. I invite you into today, and the work you have given me to do and to father me.  Amen.

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Oracles from the Moleskine (Faith for the Everyday)

Trusting God completely in radical abandonment,even when it doesn’t make sense, is what turns ordinary people into saints. It is always a fight of faith when you have less and do more with it. -Bishop TD Jakes The more you … Continue reading

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Miracle in your Mouth

In the fall of 2011 during a worship service after months of prayer, I was led to make my private prayer request public.  I had been praying for a Miracle in MacKenzie’s Mouth because she had a severe misalignment of … Continue reading

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Mothering is a Proud Profession

Today my wife goes back to work after 25 years of working at home training our children. In 1988, after three years of trying to have children, we discovered we had a 20% combined chance of having children. Diana had … Continue reading

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In-Psalm-nia

Psalmodic Prayer…it lives in the tension of your public and private life, between your eyes opened and your head bowed, between talking to God and talking with 2 or 3, between your social outlets and your closed closet, between reality … Continue reading

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A Peek into the Power of Prayer

Prayer:  “I release ample and abundant to the full, til it overflows, that there is more than enough to spare and to give away…provision, prosperity, blessing, success, favor, finances, wealth, and riches, to come to us in this day, hour … Continue reading

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