Start Here/Grow Here – The Real Harvest
We often measure ourselves and others by the wrong standard. Where I live, our corn grows tall. Often well over seven feet. That growth is a combination of good seed,…
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Start Here/Grow Here – The Main Thing
It doesn’t take long to figure out that Christ-followers come in many different packages. It sometimes seems more like consumerism than spirituality as different groupings elevate their differences. Do you…
Jesus Said That?! Radical Life
Consider all of the things science can do. Like understanding the Human Genome to the point of analyzing and distinguishing individual differences and wired in traits. Whether you agree or…
Start Here/Grow Here – A Weedy Problem
All gardeners know the problem. They spend long hours getting the conditions right for their plants to thrive. They cultivate the soil, plant in the right season, see to the…
ABCs of Faith – Nurtured Faith
What is seed-like faith? You’ve may have never asked or even considered that strange question. Perhaps if I asked – What is the promise of a seed? Or, What is…
Start Here/Grow Here: Roots of Connection
One of the not-so-obvious insights from Jesus’ Parable of the sower is the need for good roots. In the parable, the seed thrown on rocky soil grew as quickly as…
Jesus Said That?! Radical Priorities
There were several books in my teenage years that shaped my spiritual journey and love of Jesus. I found it easy to relate to Phillip Keller’s A Shepherd Looks at…
Start Here/Grow Here – God Speaks
How do we know what God is like? Or what He wants from us? How does God speak to us at all? The answers to all those questions, and many…
Jesus Said That?! Radical Obedience
There are times as we read the Bible that we must look behind what is said to grasp what is meant. What exactly did Jesus mean by saying that…
Start Here/Grow Here – Talking With God
One way or another, our new life in Christ began with talking to God. Amazing on so many levels. Our journey with God begins simply: no valiant quests, no expensive…
Jesus Said That?! A Radical Identification
Think about a tree for a moment. How it looks. How it’s shaped. All trees have some kind of central trunk. From that trunk radiate branches above and roots below.…
Start Here/Grow Here – Great Expectations
Have you ever taken a drink and been totally surprised? There was one time I remember taking a sip expecting sweet tea and getting tart lemonade instead. It was revolting!…