In my early 20’s I had an encounter with Jesus and experienced His all consuming Love for the first time. It was as if I was born again, everything was more colorful, and I was full of LIFE and passion as I was compelled by His love. Not long after this encounter I went through some spiritual and emotional abuse that left me in a state of an emotional shut down. I had no context for inner healing or soul health at that time so I figured it would end up getting better with tim

You can’t rest until you know you are safe and you won’t know safety until you find true rest.

For more than a decade I’ve sat in the revelation that faith and shame do not mix and have no business with each other. I spent a long time in my Christian life feeling like I had to prove my faith. Whether it was fasting enough, going on the streets and evangelizing, reading my bible, I felt as if I had to work for my faith. As hard as I worked for it, it was never enough. I always came out on the other side exhausted and ashamed of myself because I was never enough. What I

It’s easy to think about the parable of the talents from Matthew 25 as pertaining to money and stewarding it properly the way God intended. After all it’s about what three slaves did with the possessions their master entrusted them with. One slave was given five, the other was give two, and the last was given one talent— each according to their own ability. But what if I told you that it’s not just a lesson about money, but also a metaphor for stewarding the passions and gift

While I’ve witnessed powerful manifestations of healing, deliverances, signs and wonders of many kinds, I’ve come to realize one thing. All of those manifestations are worth nothing if you have not love.

"But this is where the rubber meets the road because there is a dividing line between creating solutions that are based on survival or those that are based on trust and connection with God."

"Why wasn’t it a good enough answer to say the meaning of life is to get a good job with great benefits and to grow a family? Why wasn’t it a good enough answer to be a good person and build a legacy that blesses the generations that follow?"

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