The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 1 · Monday They’re Watching The words had gone stale in his house years ago. He talked about faith at dinner, in the car, at bedtime. His thirteen year old had heard all of it,…
They’re Watching
Burning or Idle
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 1 · Sunday Burning or Idle We started Stumble Up in an orchard. The first thing we ever did here was walk through Fruitful and put the fruit of the Spirit on the table. Love…
The Silent Soldier
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Saturday Recap · Series Finale The Silent Soldier Five weeks ago we started this series with five men the world would have counted out, and one promise running underneath all of them:…
Into the Daylight
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Friday Into the Daylight For twenty years his oldest friends have known him as one version of himself. The funny one. The one who could drink anyone under the table. The one…
Her Knees Were the Battlefield
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Thursday Her Knees Were the Battlefield His grandmother prayed for him every day of his life, and for most of that life he was nowhere near God. She never lectured him. That…
The Light They Can See
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Wednesday The Light They Can See Nobody at his work knows him as the religious guy. He never made it his thing. He does not corner people by the coffee machine. He…
The Morning Blessing
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Tuesday The Morning Blessing Every morning before anyone else is up, he sits at the kitchen table with his Bible and his coffee. Just him and the quiet and the first light…
Won Without a Word
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Monday Won Without a Word His wife is not where he is with God, and it has been the quiet ache of his marriage for years. He came back to faith hard…
Meet Nicodemus
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Sunday Meet Nicodemus Nicodemus had everything to lose. He was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, the ruling council. He was respected, established, careful, the kind of man who had…
The Walk Back
Get Up and Walk · Week 4 · Saturday Recap The Walk Back I have spent this week sitting with Onesimus. The runaway slave who could have stayed safe in Rome, useful to Paul, far from the master he had…