Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Songs 4:16a (NLT*) Weeks shy of six and a half years later, Vineyard Days has reached a noteworthy mile marker. We’ve made it to the end of chapter four of the Song of Songs – halfway through. Someone […]
Twelve Days of Why?
Originally, I thought about titling this post Twelve Days of Death, but even I recoiled at those words. Since the last two weeks have delivered up more questions than answers, I decided to go with Twelve Days of Why? Why? For those who may think I live on easy street if I only have twelve […]
The Genuine and The Counterfeit
Dear Christian ~ welcome to The Genuine and The Counterfeit. This has been an interesting season, especially the past many weeks. One challenge after another has met me nose to nose and in the news, all while hawking the counterfeit in place of the genuine. With faux everything a cultural immersion these days, I see […]
A Strange Tension
This post is a throwback to the early days of Wellspring when I first began writing of the heart life. Over nine years later, this season is full of a strange tension. Fingerprints of God I readily state that I live watching for the fingerprints of God. Of late, it seems that a personal era […]
When in Doubt, Remember This: Beware of Unbelief
“Oh God tell me, what’s going on?” My mind could use relief. When in doubt, remember this: beware of unbelief. Welcome, dear Christian, to a timely discussion of the difference between doubt and unbelief. Timely because this is still the age of grace. Understanding that there is a difference may one day save your bacon. […]
Vineyard Days – Glance of a Single Eye
Vineyard Days – Glance of a Single Eye comes after a six-month season I think could best be described as needing to be reconstituted. Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” I took a peek into the original Hebrew, which always turns on more fully […]
Have Broom, Will Sweep Under Rug
There’s a lot of housecleaning been going on, Dear Christian ~ I think it safe to say not a day goes by without an article here or a newsflash there exposing those who hold to have broom, will sweep under rug. There is no stain so red as the crawl of embarrassment and shame when […]
The Seven Dwarfs of Humanity
Dear Christian ~ have you heard there’s an APB out on the seven dwarfs of humanity? It’s kind of like those social media alerts that circulate up to five years after the fact. Unfortunately, these seven simply refuse to become an ‘after the fact.’ Still, God has a remedy. The seven dwarfs of humanity are […]
Nametags and Labelists
Hello, dear Christian. I’ve wanted to properly introduce ourselves. Here, hold my Bible while I grab some nametags and labelists. Ok, I’m back. Did you know, dear Christian, that progressive was in the vocabulary of the early Church? Whether they formally used the term (somehow I doubteth it) or not, they lived out the meaning […]
Love Buckets and Joy Bombs
Time for a story, dear Christian, about love buckets and joy bombs. The moral of this story: never underestimate the creative power of the love of God – in your life or someone else’s. Many years ago I sat in a conference and listened to a story about God’s love bucket dumped on an unsuspecting […]