Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. Song of Solomon 6:7 (Song of the bridegroom about his beloved bride) But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also has come through a… Continue reading The Joyful Feast of Sukkot (Days 15-22 of the Fall Ingathering Feasts)
Have you ever had God ask you a question? It's a strange feeling. As I sat in Sabbath today, resting in a beautiful place, I floated around an uninhabited island in the Philippines with my brothers and sisters in Christ. One year ago, I would never have guessed I would be here swimming in crystal… Continue reading A View from Paradise
Build altars in the places where I remind you who I am, and I will come and bless you there. Exodus 20:24 The people of God were always building altars in places where God showed up and did the impossible. These are the places where He told them who He was. These are the places… Continue reading Altar Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRY6NnIDT8k "Come and See" is written from the story of the woman at the well who meets Jesus, and then goes from hiding in her sin to proclaiming His ability to really see her. The Messiah sees all we have done…and still offers us abundant life, and real healing encounters with Yahweh, the God of… Continue reading SOIL Stories Behind the Songs: Come and See
A few days ago, I explored how this idea of spiritual abuse can be misused to falsely accuse ministers of the gospel who are actually simply preaching a pure gospel. Now I want to focus on the situations in which abuse can and does happen in our churches. I want to explore ways that pastors,… Continue reading How Not to Grow: Why Worldly Models of Ministry Expansion Lead to Abuse and Moral Failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3paxEh_5JJg Fun facts: Those shakers you hear in the beginning are shekeres from West Africa. They are strung and covered on the outside with dried white seeds that are called "Job's Tears." Playing them over this song is a prophetic word that "Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who… Continue reading SOIL Stories Behind the Songs: Just Soil
I'm so excited to share this project with all of you! It's been about five years in the making and tells the story of Mark 4, the parable of the seed and the soils. More accurately, it tells the story of letting Jesus really take over my life, bringing me to repentance, and rescuing me… Continue reading Album Release: Soil
If you think about the fruit we are bearing as bearers of the life of Christ, one fruit is unavoidable in scripture—the “fruit of righteousness.” If the word sounds off-putting to you, that’s fine. It did to me too. To be honest, until very recently, I have always hated this word—“Righteousness.” I thought it sounded… Continue reading The Fruit of Righteousness
