I’ve experienced five major blockades that keep me from connecting with God and discovered some practical hacks that have helped me overcome my distracted mind.
Category: Worship
Approachable
We can approach Him. To do so is to be rescued from the typical and baptized into the extraordinary. We can come boldly because He replaced the burden of our shame with the throne of grace. May we not miss the bliss of God’s pleasure and purpose in our calling. We can run to him for mercy…
Everyday Thanksgiving
In wanderlust of eternity,I travel streets of grace I know the power of illusion. But I find truth upon Your Face (illusions crumble) the b/ro/ke/nness have weakened bones and feeble flesh. I trust in the Musician’s strings,The One who makes the nation’s sing. You are good it’s understood as days lead on……………. to Day. So…
I put my hand over my mouth
It’s something in the core of most people: a desire to find out what or who causes messes. And no one likes to get the blame for a mess. As children we blamed our brother or sister for the broken vase and when we’re older we blame our self-sworn enemies for the broken world. And it…
Meditation 2: Today, You Will Be With ME
Listen to this meditation on the Scattered Feast Podcast! The mystery of salvation is never more astounding than this moment. A few feet away from Jesus another man languished under the brutal hand of the Romans. Just another man whose life would seemingly melt into the thin pages of history… This was his day to…
The Art of Emptiness
In an era when we idolize “big,” God challenges us to live a lowercase life, putting others before ourselves, giving rather than taking, serving rather than demanding, and dying to self rather than living for self. And it all begins with the first word of the greatest sermon: “Blessed are the poor in spirit,For theirs is the…
Amos Today
(Based on Amos 5:18-24) Woe and pity to the theological geniuses! The ones that gaze upon the charts of dispensational prophecy. The ones that spend their days arguing their religious apologetics on social media without lifting a finger to help strugglers. Woe to you who parrot political arguments and lust for salacious scandals. Why do you crave His…
Can We Go Back to the Way Worship Used to Be? Facedown?
It is interesting to note that there are very few major heroes in the Bible who have not been seen face down before God. Moses and Aaron hit the dust! Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and fell on their…
36 Names I Call Him
He’s my secret Treasure amidst the lies of gold The Captain of my vessel, the Guardian of my soul The Champion of my battles, my Warrior in the night My Guardian, Provider, within the fiercest fight He’s Architect and Builder of my forever home A Friend that’s like none other. I never walk alone. He…