- Game On! Turning Labor into Love2025/06/08
How can frustration and failure simultaneously be fun? Games! And since faith is how we embrace adversity, if we can make it a game, we can smile while we struggle. From June 8, 2025
- F Words: Forcing Ourselves Forward2025/06/01
Our brains aren’t wired to just suffer through problems; they’re wired to solve them. Because God’s plan is more about figuring it out than toughing it out. From June 1, 2025
- Mirror Mortals: Reflecting the Word We’ve Heard2025/05/25
Like a mirror, if we don’t honor the honesty of God’s Word when we see our faults and flaws reflected in it, we’ll get distracted and forget what we saw. From May 25, 2025
- Chop-Chop Snip-Snip: The Sharp Reality of God’s Love2025/05/18
Consider God’s sternness, and continue in His kindness, and let the pruning commence! From May 18, 2025
- Mother Nature: Our Father’s Maternal Spirit2025/05/11
Motherly love is a critical component of our Heavenly Father’s character – and an essential element of Christian life for us to emulate! From May 11, 2025
- Vital Signs V: Created to Bestow2025/05/04
When you make an entrance, wherever you go, do you brighten the room or darken the doorway? From May 4, 2025
- Vital Signs IV: Created to Branch Out2025/04/27
As recipients of the love that saved us, our job is to fill our branch with a new fruit that’s bound to be someone’s new favorite! From April 27, 2025
- King Cobra: Healing Our Hell-Bent Hearts2025/04/20
This whole world is in desperate need of the anti-venom of the King of the kings of the cobras. Otherwise, we’re victims of every sin, that ultimately becomes the deadly venom of our own demise. From April 20, 2025
- Vital Signs III: Created to Become2025/04/13
Like an apprentice, we weren’t just “hired” to represent God in image; we’re meant to become like Him in character. From April 13, 2025
- Vital Signs II: Created to Bond and Belong2025/04/06
We weren’t merely created, we were fashioned for His family, the Body of Christ. And just as an arm can’t fulfill “its own special work” if it’s dismembered, neither can we. From April 6, 2025
- Vital Signs I: Created to Believe2025/03/30
God created us to be loved, to know we’re loved, and to be driven by His love. But that all begins with believing in His love. From March 30, 2025
- Spiritual Physical: Getting Fit for Our Final Exam2025/03/23
God places a high value on self-examination. So, we’re gonna test ourselves for the five vital signs of a good and faithful servant! From March 23, 2025
- Serving a Purpose: Exercising Your Set of Skills2025/03/16
Once we understand why serving is our common command, all we need to feel fulfilled is our specific assignment. From March 16, 2025
- To Serve and Perfect: What We Get From Giving2025/03/09
Serving God means saving us! And church is all about finding your fit to serve your part in the body of Christ. From March 9, 2025
- Unclogged: The Powerful Drano of Humility2025/03/03
Humility isn’t thinking poorly of yourself, it’s thinking rightly of yourself. And the purest power of God is released through humility. From March 2, 2025
- Juvenile Dimension: Our Call to Act Like a Kid2025/02/23
Somehow, in some sense, Jesus says being a kid is our key to living in His kingdom. But there’s a right and wrong way to be a child. From February 23, 2025
- Gas Bags: Shrinkable, Stretchable, and Sincere2025/02/16
Jesus offers two brilliant, back-to-back parables: The New Cloth Patch and the New Wine. Both stress the need for flexibility and pliability in God’s hands. From February 16, 2025
- Dressed to Dazzle: Defeating Death With Linen of Light2025/02/09
In the Good Samaritan parable, why did the Priest and the Levite cross the road? The answer should serve as a warning to us. From February 9, 2025
- How to Train Your Human: Rectifying Reluctant Righteousness2025/02/02
Without God as our trusted Master, life can feel like meaningless chores instead of valuable training. From February 2, 2025
- Look Who’s Talking: Resolving Relentless Restlessness2025/01/26
What’s with God’s ongoing emphasis on who’s who when it comes to our conversations? Why is He so worried about miscommunication? From January 26, 2025
- Rest Op.: Arresting a Restless Heart2025/01/19
It takes a lot of effort to take a load off. So, how hard do you work at resting in Christ? From January 19, 2025
- Internal Affairs: Seeking Spiritual Health2025/01/12
Like physical health, spiritual health takes ongoing effort to keep things operational and to defend against intruders. From January 12, 2025
- AC/BC: A Nice New Heart in Naughty Old You2025/01/05
The Lord’s “nice” list contains the names of all those who know they belong on the “naughty” list, and acknowledge it, and embrace His mercy. From January 5, 2025
- Spoiler Alert: Spotting Sin’s Forbidden Fruit2024/12/29
One of the most important parts of spiritual quality control is learning to identify imposters: AKA fake fruit. From December 29, 2024
- Myrrh Maids: The Glory of the Tent Peg Story2024/12/22
What all went through Mary’s mind as Jesus grew into a toddler? How often did she kiss His toes and say, “These little feet are gonna crush that ol’ serpents’ head!” From December 22, 2024
- Rest in Peace: Christmas’ Calming Conquest2024/12/15
Christmas is our annual reminder that “what is” true has already defeated all our “what if” worries. From December 15, 2024
- James’ Bond: The Call of Duty and Devotion2024/12/09
God wants us to go from a servant level of doing our duty, to a companion level of motivation that comes from agreeing with His heart. From December 8, 2024
- Martha-Martha: Settle Down and Listen Up2024/12/01
We need to discern when sitting and listening best serves His plans and our created purpose – and when we’re being called to serve others on His behalf. From December 1, 2024
- Get On the Bus: The Great Divorce, Part 5: Living2024/11/24
We choose our actions, but truth decides our consequences. Just as we can choose to board a bus, but we don’t decide where it goes. From November 24, 2024
- Get On the Bus: The Great Divorce, Part 4: Loving2024/11/17
We need to make sure our heart isn’t yielding to tainted love, but rather guided by God into true love. From November 17, 2024
- Get On the Bus: The Great Divorce, Part 3: Listening2024/11/10
Tested words make trusted people. And when the input of others leads us deeper into our relationship with God, we can trust their guidance as “tried and true.” From November 10, 2024
- Get On the Bus: The Great Divorce, Part 2: Losing2024/11/03
In the story, three Grey Town ghosts are challenged to change by letting go of their Grey Town attachments and embracing their new life in Heaven. From November 3, 2024
- Get On the Bus: The Great Divorce, Part 1: Leaving2024/10/27
The common thread that keeps people off Lewis’s metaphorical bus begins to emerge: sin finds a way to hold people from pursuing Heaven. From October 27, 2024
- Selfless Vengeance: Rightly Repaying Our Wrongdoers2024/10/20
It can be so hard to hold our tongue and our temper. It isn’t that we don’t trust the Lord to repay; it’s that we don’t like the way He repays. From October 20, 2024
- Coming Attraction: Feeling Future Hope Now2024/10/13
Nothing gives purpose to today like the promise of tomorrow, and the better our expectations the greater our excitement. From October 13, 2024
- Do Gooder: The Right to Forgive Wrongdoers2024/10/06
How do I forgive the intentional, inexcusable wounds of those who are dead to me? From October 6, 2024
- Self Stable: Christian Consistency2024/09/29
Whether Christian or secular, we’re defined by the qualities of our character that stay the same despite the situation. From September 29, 2024
- Debt Relief: Feeling the Freedom of Forgiveness2024/09/22
How does sin increase our debt? Who do we owe? And why? And, what’s it mean to borrow against life? From September 22, 2024
- So Far, So Good: Regulating Righteousness2024/09/15
We’re motivated to pursue what we love and avoid what we fear. But God can seem like both a reward and a threat. From September 15, 2024
- Giving Up: Making Ourselves Good and Poor2024/09/08
We understand building wealth, but not so much building benevolence. From September 8, 2024
- Shareholders: Offering Loans to the Lord2024/09/01
Giving conquers our greed, increases our Christlikeness, and gives us a share in His work. So, whatever you do, don’t give your Lord your leftovers. From September 1, 2024
- Missing Persons: Lusting for What We’re Lacking2024/08/25
We can measure our lives by what we’re denied or supplied; but a life measured by what it’s missing is hollow, while a life measured by what it’s filled with is rich. From August 25, 2024
- Patches Pals: Clothing Ourselves With Christ2024/08/18
We were created to bear God’s image by maturing in His character. So, who are you honoring by the way you’re living? From August 18, 2024
- Hunger Gains: Understanding Unmet Urges2024/08/11
We’re all starving for something. And no matter how hard we try to change ourselves or our situation, the real you will always hunger for your real home. From August 11, 2024
- Get Real: Activating Our Potential2024/08/04
As all parents know, you don’t know what you’re made of until you start “playing the part”. From August 4, 2024
- Star Power: Taking the Lead by Taking Action2024/07/28
You’ve been given a leading role in the ultimate reality show, and it’s the role of a lifetime – and beyond! From July 28, 2024
- Captains Courageous: Our Struggle to Be Vulnerable2024/07/21
Our planet is sailing around the sun like a big ol’ cruise ship. And we wear the Captain’s uniform of compassion, kindness, and encouragement. From July 21, 2024
- Picking Fights: Winning the Right War2024/07/14
You can have a tender temperament and still fight with ferocity – as long as love leads the way. From July 14, 2024
- Fire Works: How to Take a Stand and Shine2024/07/07
Salvation produces shining works of faith, the way a lit lamp or Roman candle produces light. That’s our fire “proof” in the dark down here. From July 7, 2024
- Risky Business: Are People Worth It?2024/06/30
In the fog of relationships, it’s sometimes hard to see the payoff and hard to see the reward behind the risk. And that means we can’t do it without Jesus! From June 30, 2024
- Joy Ride: Identifying Our Driving Forces2024/06/23
If love doesn’t drive us, something else will. So what’s driving you? Guilt? Anger? Approval? Greed? Fear? From June 23, 2024
- Dad Company: The Fellowship of Fatherhood2024/06/16
Our heavenly Father wants us to know that a loving dad means all of the stress, friction, confusion, pains, and change in His fellowship is always aimed at our best. From June 16, 2024
- Maker’s Mark: The True Identity of the Sober-Minded2024/06/09
What’s the best way to display our identity to the world? “Show them the goodness of God.” From June 9, 2024
- Guide and Seek: Experiencing God’s Explanation2024/06/02
Whether it’s Adam, Eve, you or me – every human has to live with this truth: there’s no escaping God’s guidance! From June 2, 2024
- Successful Failure: Training to the Point of Transforming2024/05/26
Our Father isn’t out to get us. However, He absolutely is out to train us. So look for and celebrate the little gains. From May 26, 2024 From May 26, 2024
- Importunity: The Command for Shameless Audacity2024/05/19
So… we’re supposed to ask God for things with shameless audacity?! Yeah! Humble submission to God’s command comes with the confidence of His strength on our side. From May 19, 2024
- Basket Case: Moses’ Messed-Up Mom2024/05/12
God will use the most messed up past the moment He becomes the highest moral authority. Which simply means that we love others above all things. From May 12, 2024
- Sync’n Think’n: Living the Lord’s Life2024/05/05
There are infinite possible outcomes in every situation. But what actually happens depends on our decisions. And our desires make our decisions. From May 5, 2024
- Dirty Hands: The Richest Man in the Room2024/04/28
Like the men in our story, true friends are willing to carry your mat, because true friends are willing to get their hands dirty. From April 28, 2024
- Passing Judgment: Leaving Life to Join Jesus2024/04/21
Jesus made it obvious we’re all welcome, but until we see we’re all starving for what He’s serving, it’s easy to drag our feet on the way to His feast. From April 21, 2024
- Lame Preaching: Silently Speaking Loud and Clear2024/04/14
Do you preach what you say you practice? We moralize and sermonize with every roll of the eyes, eyebrow rise, lip curl, cheek puff, and shoulder shrug. From April 14, 2024
- Fixed Metaphors: Finding Meaning in Our Story2024/04/07
Sometimes, it takes seeing the meaning in a symbolic story to dig up and discover the message hidden in our own lives. From April 7, 2024
- Hard Rock Hearts: Joining Our Living Cornerstone2024/03/31
Our heart is Jesus’ new home office, and our mind the headquarters of His Kingdom! So, in what shape is your heart? From March 31, 2024
- Under the Influence: Choosing Control2024/03/24
This world is full of people battling for every inch of real estate in your heart, but God is so confident of what He offers that He put us in control of who controls us! From March 24, 2024
- How to Hate: Healing Our Hearts With Hatred2024/03/17
Although there’s a time to love and a time to hate, there’s never a time to let hate infiltrate our heart. From March 17, 2024
- Indecent Exposure: Bringing Sin to the Surface2024/03/10
What we plant in our heart is what we grow in our lives. And to be sure our true desires are in fact, Spiritual seeds, we need to check the produce! From March 10, 2024
- Death Match: Living With an Eye on Dying2024/03/03
Death is by far the harshest reality of life. And the weight of the world trains us by forcing us to face that harsh reality. From March 3, 2024
- Silver Linings: Turning Storms Upside Down2024/02/26
Storms aren’t selective. They happen to all of us. But if Jesus is your Savior, the storm is not the end of the story. From February 25, 2024
- Heads Bowed: Correctly Confronting Invasive Chaos2024/02/18
This side of Heaven, wheat and weeds can look a lot alike. And we’re dealing with an enemy who makes bad look good, and wrong feel right, and poison appear appealing. From February 18, 2024
- UnEasy Street: The Curse of Success2024/02/12
As sweet as it can seem down here, success also has a way of holding us back from up there. From February 11, 2024
- The Struggle IsReal: The Blessing of Wrestling2024/02/04
Life is a struggle! And if that’s actually by design, then somehow, God’s got a good reason for all our daily difficulties. From February 4, 2024
- David’s Size: Ending the Excuses that Enslave2024/01/28
We’re not called to an easy life, but a powerful life – where the small and despised run toward their giants! From January 28, 2024
- That’ll Leave a Mark: The Impact of Contact2024/01/21
How do you reach every neighbor, co-worker, and family member who shuts off when they hear the words cross, sin, or Savior? From January 21, 2024
- David’s Stones: Slingers, Swingers, and Singers2024/01/15
Defeating our own giants means first defeating our fears. And fear isn’t conquered by thought, but action. From January 14, 2024
- New Year’s Revolution: It’s Never Too Late2023/12/31
With Jesus, it’s never too late for a revolutionary change. New life can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time! From December 31, 2023
- Salt Baby: The Only Son Worth His Salt2023/12/24
Christmas is all about the salted Sacrifice who came to save His children. So, check your sweet & salty mix as you mix it up with friends this season! From December 24, 2023
- Getting Giving: Inspiring Imitations of God’s Love2023/12/17
There’s not one part of God’s plan that doesn’t involve a spirit of giving, and there’s not one time of the year where we’re closer to that spirit than Christmas! From December 17, 2023
- Present Value: Working On Wanting Jesus2023/12/10
At a certain point we must admit the present we need most may not be the one we want most, because it might hurt most! From December 10, 2023
- Well-Seasoned Greetings: Sampling the Savor of Our Savior2023/12/03
How much do the people around you crave your beliefs, based on the free sample you’ve been offering? From December 3, 2023
- Thanks For Nothing: Appreciating Withholding2023/11/26
God’s love isn’t only seen in what we have, but what we lack – what He holds back! From November 26, 2023
- Cross Words: Training To Take Up Our Cross2023/11/19
If our Savior could endure the hostility of the cross, certainly we can train ourselves to endure the hostility of cross words from infuriating friends and family. From November 19, 2023
- Sorry, Not Sorry: Celebrating Surrender2023/11/13
Apologizing for our weakness means we still think something is wrong with us, when in reality, weakness just means we’re children! And God wants us to see His strength as our strength. From November 12, 2023
- Loving Devils: Conquering Enemies with Compassion2023/11/05
Ever feel completely incapable of forgiving certain people? How is it even possible to love your enemy? From November 5, 2023
- Chickening Out: Getting Past Growing Pains2023/10/29
Just imagine if your doctor only gave you the news you wanted to hear, instead of the diagnosis you needed to live! A painful truth is worth way more than a comfortable lie. From October 29, 2023
- Birds of a Feather: Our Need for a Flock2023/10/22
God hard wired us with a deep need for human connection. And the point is: you need a flock! From October 22, 2023
- The Real Deal: Trading Trust for Truth2023/10/15
To find the truth, we need a witness. And it must be one we trust! Because all truth worth believing starts with a witness worth trusting. From October 15, 2023
- My Truth: Escaping the Errors of Our Ways2023/10/08
We tend to see things the way we want, even when it’s wrong. But my truth only works until it collides with THE truth. From October 8, 2023
- Go Tell It: On the Mountain With a Mission2023/10/01
Our church in Burlington is just one of fifteen different His Place locations! It’s just that our other fourteen campuses happen to be on the other side of the world, in the Philippines. From October 1, 2023
- Ugly Feet: Two Confessions of True Faith2023/09/24
You know why He leaves us down here after we’re saved? To make those two true confessions. So, how beautiful are your feet? From September 24, 2023
- Heat Seeking: Firing Up Frozen Faith2023/09/17
All fires go out if they’re not fed … even in our faith. So we need to be reminded how easy it is for even the most dedicated believers to burn out. From September 17, 2023
- Demonstrative Faith: Beyond the Belief of Demons2023/09/10
How does your belief go beyond the demons’? What makes your declaration of faith any different from the demons’? From September 10, 2023
- Cross Walk: Purifying by Crucifying2023/09/03
It might be scary, but for God to get us, open us, fill us, and encourage us, we need to know – something’s gonna kill us! From September 3, 2023
- Sinking In: Following When It’s Frightening2023/08/27
Jesus wants to walk us through the storms. Because with Him, it’s all about the adventure of training and stretching and testing. From August 27, 2023
- Savior Behavior: Seeing Serving as Saving2023/08/20
If we’re supposed to love others like Jesus, and He loved like the Father, and the Father loved by sending Jesus to save the world – what should our love look like? From August 20, 2023
- Missed Appointment: Aspirations, Expectations, and Occupations2023/08/13
How do we straighten out our heart’s desires so that all our work has the fulfilling joy of feeling our fit? From August 13, 2023
- Dis-Appointment: Aspirations, Expectations, & Revelations2023/08/06
Jesus disappointed both Matthias and Judas; one aspired and the other expected. Aspirations rise high above disappointment; but expectations tend to drop dead. From August 6, 2023
- Just Us: Seeing Wrongs Right2023/07/30
Why do the wicked get rewards while the victims get the bills? It’s a question we all wonder when we feel wronged. From July 30, 2023
- Plug and Pray: Filling Prayer With Feeling2023/07/23
Jesus’ prayer guide is the instruction and invitation for all to plug and play. It tells us what to do – but then leaves space for us to do it in our unique way. From July 23, 2023
- Pray by Ear: How to Stop Praying Like Pagans2023/07/16
Beware: Even the best of believers can carelessly practice what Jesus calls pagan-like prayer. From July 16, 2023
- Praying Our Part: Practicing Pleasing Prayer2023/07/09
What if we’re seeing prayer mostly backwards? What if the main point of prayer is to get our attention? From July 9, 2023
