In the last several years, I have begun a journey that has awakened a deep desire for covenant community. I did not always have this desire however; as a matter of fact it was quite the opposite! Ps 68:6 reads: God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell. I believe that the Lord has planted deep within us to be in community. ...
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Having grown up in church all of my life I have frequently heard the phrase, “Give your heart…” This is attached to many different things such as “Give your heart to Jesus”, “Give your heart to your studies”, and “Give your heart to your parents”; the list goes on and on. With so many instances and applications of this phrase in my life I began to ask,...
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Much of what happens here on earth is about what we agree with in heaven (Luke 11:2). The course of our life is affected by our tongue (Prov. 18:21, James 3:6). We open and close portals of possibility in the heavens that affect physical ‘realities’. Take the question, “Is light a particle or is it a wave?”, if you were to try to find out; the results are...
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What does it mean that I rose? by Kaleb Willis on April 4th, 2010 It means your complete and ultimate freedom. No hindrances, no limitations, no bars held. When the rolled that stone away, they also rolled away the lie that says you are confined to simply mundane living. Because He did not die for you to live an average life. I sacrificed my son for you to live an...
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This past winter I took the kids up into the Cascade mountains for a day to play in the snow. Being out in the wild, despite the snow, I couldn’t refrain from wanting to ascent the challenge of building a fire in deep snow, from scratch, with seemingly little dry wood to be found. Part of this apparent moment of insanity was driven by a desire to know that a fire could...
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Today I was contacted through Face Book by a young man that I have not heard from for years. In looking at his picture (and the grey hair) he is not so young anymore but then I suspect the abundance of grey hair on me is a bit telling as well. We parted ways several years ago and the parting while not hostile, was not all that amiable either. He had come to me seeking...
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