Musings…
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Your 2 Basic Motivators in Life
As I walk with people, I have noticed an obvious, LOUD truth. There are 2 basic motivators in life. Fear or Love. Knowing this fact can change everything in how you view life. Fear is darkness, love is light. “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is…
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My journey as a Christian Life Coach and Spiritual Director in Canada
My journey so far as a Christian Life Coach and Spiritual Director in Canada has been FAR FROM BORING. Each day I feel like I’m walking the Emmaus Road with Jesus and my clients. 😀 I was recently asked how I got into this journey… Throughout my life I have noticed that people have come…
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What is Church?
I recently came across this powerful illustration on church. This comic book is basically a short introduction to a much longer conversation. If you’re a Christian who’s only experienced today’s institutional form of church, you’ve probably got several lingering questions. For instance, what about pastors? What about sermons? What about baptism, spiritual authority, the Lord’s Supper, and tithes?…
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What Changed for Me? (Ashes to Beauty)
Friends recently asked me what changed in my life this past year that brought on so much blessing, healing, and crazy adventures of delight and joy in Jesus. I’ve been pondering this… “God, why have you shown such grace and mercy?” I have seen God do some INCREDIBLE things. (This summer, I watched God bring…
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Life After ‘Church’?
Since stepping away from traditional institutional church and pastoral ministry, my journey has taken me on a sweet adventure. God has led my family away, not to find membership at another institutional church, though we had visited many and were warmly invited by many, but rather to take note of what God is up to……
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Unlearn in Order to Learn how to Disciple?
13 million people in 12 years through a disciple making movement?!!! (A few people in the Word started it all.) This morning, I got to group Skype with a missionary on the other side of the world and hear how fast the Gospel is spreading. He had to unlearn things in order to learn how…
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Jesus Longs for His Church to Come Alive
I loved reading a book over the weekend written by a pastor who was told he needed to leave his institutional church in order to protect his health. Today, he leads a movement that has reached multiple countries. Below is a quote from his wife excerpted from his book: “The Revolution is happening – it’s happening…
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Supernatural Mothers
Oh, this weekend of Mother’s Day… I have always noticed that this day (and Father’s Day) carries with it special supernatural meaning because we are called to be family (and when that doesn’t happen, there’s deep pain.) I pray more folks are adopted into loving community this weekend because they experience El Shaddai (“well breasted…
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What Does Your Anger Look Like?
How good are you at your anger management? Where would you be on this scale…? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Anger Ladder ~ by Dr. Ross Campbell 1) Pleasant behavior; 2) Seeking resolution to the conflict; 3) Focusing anger on the source only; 4) Holding to the primary complaint, not to peripheral issues; 5) Thinking logically and constructively;…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 