Answering the call

Answering the call

We are advertisement-besieged! Advertising for beauty and self-care products to vacation-of-a-lifetime cruises and everything in between. These promotional materials can appear on TV, radio, bumper stickers, highway billboards, those blown-in cards that fall,...
The Real Christmas Carol

The Real Christmas Carol

By Psalm 44      We were dead to begin with, dead as a doornail (Ephesians 2:1).  In life he was our business partner, Jacob (deceiver, aka our old nature).  The firm he built, Guilty &Guilty, forged the chains that bound us. We will...
Sit up and pay attention!

Sit up and pay attention!

It’s familiar territory for us to read about Jesus travelling around, speaking of the Kingdom being present, healing every sickness and delivering people from demonic activity. Of course. We know that. Today, we might hear of thousands coming to Jesus and being...
Under New Ownership

Under New Ownership

Nearly every day we hear of another buyout, one company purchasing another. For clients and patrons, the change may be minimal, but for the employees working there, the changes can be drastic. An entire staff can be let go and replaced with the new owner’s people. In...
Do You Love Me?

Do You Love Me?

Four simple words repeated three times that have such restorative power.  Words that brought Peter and us deeper with each moment of inquiry.  Words of wonder, reality, and glorious invitation.   We know the story, Jesus asks this question three...
Getting in step

Getting in step

In the Vineyard, our confession is that the Kingdom has broken through upon the earth in Jesus and has begun establishing ‘territory’ in the hearts of believers in Jesus. We also believe that there’s a fuller ‘dimension’ of Kingdom presence yet to come. We express it...