One day you think God is a million miles awy.Then God pulls the spirutal curtain back and blows you away with how close He is and has been the whole time.God is surprising individuals, churches, office buildings, state capitols, nations...

To know about someone is one thing.To meet them is a whole other thing.That is so absolutely true regarding God.That's why He is pulling back the curtain between the spiritual world and the physical world and giving us a greater gli...

We have a large backyard with a creek running through it... It's our "Urban Meadow".Our bedroom,/studio/office overlooks the backyard's natural beautyBut, we also have a large window with full length curtains that we draw for privacy an...

People who know me know that I don't like to be late or stuck in traffic.I like to be on time and I don't like waiting or not moving if I'm in control.Enter God.His timing does not always match our expectations of how and when thing...

Letting go of things we have control over makes some people very uncomfortable.Fortunately God cares more about developing our character than He does in appeasing our comforts.It's been said there are even times in which, "God will affl...

Saying something is from God when it's just a man-made show is far too prevelant these days.I think it's better to say, "Things have been rather quiet in my world lately."Instead of just making something up in order to keep some type of...

Relationships are at the core of what God has, is, and will be developing.God is the Creator of this whole world of relationships.No wonder He spends so much time dealing with it.The first half of His 10 commandments involve our rel...

Is it "wine" or "whine"?Which one is it?It's all in how you say it and hear it.That's communication 101.Relationships...Relationships are a mixed can of nuts.When relationships are good there's nothing like them.When...

If you've wondered whether or not you will ever erxperience the powerful things of God and His Kingdom like you've heard other people talk about but it's not happened or happening in your life or where you live... GET READY, GET READY ...

The "Basic" aspects of relationship with anyone (especially God) are good and very essential.However, getting beyond the basics is where things start gettting even more intersting.I love the basics about life with my wife.But, I rea...

Identity refers to our understanding of who we are.Purpose refers to our understanding of our role in contributing meaningfully to our families, communities, and society.The Way of seeing these things rad...

You are going to be filled with God's Spirit and His power is going to flow to you and through you.Get ready, Get ready...Come on up!

Get ready, get ready!It's time to "Come on up" and function in our true identity and the dunamis of our being immersed in the Holy Spirit.We are using "Ephesus" as our first example of what happens when a group of people get "baptized" ...

Have you ever found yourself just being negative about everything?I have.I was there for about a week just a couple of days ago.The last thing on my mind was God's Kingdom.His plans and purposes were right there with His Kingdom...

Sometimes even good things can be messy... The breath of a newborn baby... ChildbirthA barn full of healthy oxen... Ox droppings.Glorious demonstrative waves of God's Presence and Kingdom... Demons shrieking out, people weeping...

Trying harder using our own limited ability to do good and live right is more than exhausting ... It's empty, meaningless, and in the end it leaves a peron hopeless and without having any real relationship God and others.Being empowered by ...

Have you ever been hurt by someone so deeply that you vowed you would never trust anyone like that ever again?I have. I had also forgotten all about it until one day  I noticed a pattern in my life that was problematic involvi...

Letting go of things that hold us down involves embracing trust.Trust is at the core of living above our circumstances.Circumstances aren't able to control us when we place our trust in the ability of God to demonstrate His Kingdom to u...

Growing up spiritually involves us learning how to live as citizens of the Highest Realm by allowing ourselves to place our trust in God and follow Jesus up above our circumstances and become aquainted with the ways of God's Kingdom Realm of He...

Far too many years I was caught up in living in only one realm... The Physical Realm.Not only is it limiting to ones potential to only live in the Physical Realm... It's not even the Highest Realm available for us to live in.The Highest...

If following Jesus only meant that I was going to clean up my thought life and some of the words that came out of my mouth this whole thing would be a pretty shallow religion, at best.However, we're not talking about a religion.This is ...

I believe many of us have been taught not to see in the realm of the spirit.Our ability to envision things is stunted because of this in many areas.Seeing things like God sees them is part of what transpires when we are ...

All of us have at least once or twice needed to lean back and take a long, slow, nose full of air just to calm down.Love knows how to breathe in deeply through the nose in order to excercise patience.Love is patient.Love is enduring...

God's Presence is the basis for all true fellowship and unity.That's what this podcast episode is all about...

The cicada is an insect that lies dormant for 17 years and when the time comes for them to emerge, they come out en masse.Timing...The Presence of God can seem non-exstant for many years and suddendly when the time is right He reveals H...