Focus Week (Thursday): Fasting

Today we are talking about the discipline of fasting.  Fasting may be one of the, if not the, most neglected disciplines in the church.  It is often times seen as impractical and maybe a bit archaic.  However, you can’t read the Bible for long to see that fasting was very important.  So, today, I am [...]

Proverbs 10 – Confidence

Confidence is generally described as “a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective”. Self-confidence is “having confidence in oneself”. Arrogance or hubris, in this comparison, is “having unmerited confidence–believing something or someone is capable or correct when [...]

Psalm 86 – Signs of goodness

Guest Post: Mike Kilbane How many signs of God’s goodness do we need before we recognize it’s Him? Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.” -Psalm 86:17 In today’s world, I think many of [...]

Missional Church: Overseas Missions in Our Own Backyard!

Have you ever dreamed of being a foreign missionary? I think it would be pretty cool.   However, life responsibilities hinder most of us from boarding a plane to head overseas; yet on the other side of the world there are people from various countries being sent off to the US as refugees.  In other words, [...]

Tangible Kingdom (Week 3 Day 7) “Gospel of Hope”

As we’ve worked through the TK Primer each week, I continue to find that Day Seven’s reading comes at the perfect time. It’s refreshing to just sit down and prayerfully meditate on a scripture that is so applicable to our journey (and not be pressured to ask ourselves the “tough” questions). Today I’m reminded of [...]