[Adapted from Sunday’s message at The District Church: “Leave Room for the Holy Spirit.”] “Leave room for the Holy Spirit.” The first time I heard this phrase, it was in relation to a middle school dance and about not getting too close to the opposite sex, it actually carries a deeper truth than that. Zechariah 4:6 …
Gungor came out with a new live album last week–A Creation Liturgy–and while I’d recommend the whole thing, I especially wanted to share with you this piece that comes toward the end. It’s called “He is Here” by spoken word poet Amena Brown, set to Gungor’s “We Will Run.” And I hope it’s as much a …
… and reminded me that he is truly at work. On Sunday, I preached on Acts 2–“Promise” (see also “A Promise, a Mission, and a Call” and “The Comfort of Being Called”)–and part of my message was about how God calls us out of comfort, out of our comfort zones. During the prayer time of the first …
[Part 2 of the blog adaptation of yesterday’s message at The District Church: “Promise.” You can read Part 1 here.] The more I live, the more I experience, the more I reflect on life and Scripture, the more I spend time with God and participate in his mission, the more I realize that at the very core …
[Part 1 of the blog adaptation of yesterday’s message at The District Church: “Promise.”] Remember the 60s TV show, Mission: Impossible, that Tom Cruise successfully shifted to the big screen? Remember that famous line: “Your mission, should you choose to accept it …”? In Acts 1, we are sort of given a mission by Jesus. In …