I’ve found that the question I’m always asked when people find out I’ve moved out to Sacramento from Tennessee is, “Did you move due to your job?” “No,” I tell them, followed by some variant of, “I came out here because I felt like it’s what God wanted me to do.” I’ll usually then get […]
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Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi
You should watch this teaching by Rob Bell. It’s pretty awesome. [youtube DswAPdgfRMs] This the is the first part, and you can find the next part after each part plays. I love the part where he talks about Jesus calling the fishermen to follow him; it’s an awesome picture of how God wants to use […]
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This isn’t normal?
So, we’ve done this crazy thing and moved 2200 miles away from our friends and family, simply because we felt God calling us to, and he must have something to do out here, right? It continues to be an incredible lesson in living by faith, waiting on the Lord, and looking for him everywhere. I […]
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On helping the poor
Last Friday, our team of villagers (Noah, Haviylah, Joy, Amy and Noah) who have been in Nakuru, Kenya for the past 6 weeks finally came back home. They’ve been out there visiting and ministering to the Lakeview Village Church, which you can read more about on their blogs. I’ve been thinking about what it means […]
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The importance of talking
During a recent bible study, we were reading through Ephesians 4. I really love this passage because of the practical steps it gives to build up the Body of Christ. I thought I’d write a sort of commentary on the passage, which I think goes along with Shammah’s excellent post on exhortation. “And He gave […]