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» Published on Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Hey, Brother (by Robben Ford)

Hey, brother
It’s been too long
So I put out my hand
I was wrong
But tell me
Where to from here
You won’t say a word
And you won’t come near

We’ve got history
You deny it
And this silence that you keep
Speaks loud and clear

So we’ve found someone to blame
And nothing is going to change

Hey, friend
Don’t turn your back

Hey, brother
We’re wasting time
I hurt you, now you hurt me
It’s a life of crime
The problem I think is pride
No one’s willing to lose , we defend
Or run and hide

It’s our destiny
To take the open road
We don’t have to walk
That road alone

It’s the things we have at stake
Here behind the noise we make

Oh, friend
Don’t turn your back
While I watched you slip away
I know love lies sleeping

My friend
Forgive the past
Let the good things last
And brother together we can move on

Hey, brother
So far away
If our paths should cross
What would you say

I tell you
Say it now
Or we’ll lose the grace,
That time has allowed

» Published on Thursday, January 31, 2008

Daybreak In the Wilderness

If I could choose anything to do and anywhere to go, I would choose sitting alone on an early spring morning just at the moment the sun spills over the mountain tops of my grandfather’s mountain land.

» Published on Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Gardener

I saw a large tree from a distance, its canopy was triangular, evenly distributed, perfect and well maintained.

As I approached the tree, it was as wide as a house and higher than I could see. When I stood in its shadow, sunlight couldn’t penetrate its canopy and it was dark underneath. There was life all around, but no animals, the tree was alive and the root growth was enormous I could see the roots move, grow. I heard the sound of the wood growing and moving, it sounded thunderous and splintering.

» Published on Friday, September 28, 2007

Fox Hunting

My earliest memory of my dad is in the 70’s when he was in the Army. I remember him driving home in an Army van, I thought that was the greatest thing in the world. Those memories are only splotchy now, I can’t remember his face from when I was child. When I look at old photos, I really can’t remember them, but I assume since there are photos, it really happened. The harder I try to remember, want to remember, the more fleeting they are.

» Published on Tuesday, September 11, 2007

9/11

9/11 will always be a day of change for me. It marks a change in American culture and perspective that will forever bring focus to many people’s lives. Today also marks the one year anniversary of God sovereignly moving in my families life.

» Published on Monday, August 20, 2007

My Testimony: The Holy Spirit

Two experiences in my lifetime solidified the reality of God in my life. The first you’ve read about, the second began out of times of prayer.

» Published on Friday, August 17, 2007

Salvation: Viral Evangelism

Me and my brother Dave both had such a zeal early on that we would go to rock concerts at the civic auditorium and make sure every car had a flyer with a way to receive salvation, and those in line for the concert would get a tract.

» Published on Friday, August 03, 2007

Dream of Outpouring

I was talking to a friend recently about dreams and he mentioned a dream journal he keeps. I think that’s a great idea, so I’m beginning today to catalog some of those unforgettable dreams I’ve had. Comments to describe feeling are in [ brackets ] .

I might also note that up until now I haven’t share this dream with many people due to not really understanding nor realizing the significance. Two writings recently made me remember and I’ll list them here.

» Published on Thursday, July 05, 2007

Turn the World Upside Down

[ Acts 17:6 ] “...These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;”

As the Church, the Body of Christ, we are the most powerful group in the world, but we don’t act like it. If we could be the Body of Christ and quit pretending to be just a hand or foot or an eye or nose… just think what would happen. My desire is to see God move in such a way that people say, “These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;” That wherever we go His Presence is so strong that people, homes, communities, cities, states, nations, continents are changed by it. Impact.

Now the question is… How? What can I possibly do?

» Published on Thursday, June 28, 2007

Apple iPhone meets iDol

Its inevitable, as we humans recognize that our lives are out of control, unorganized, imbalanced, and ignorant we strive to bring wholeness to our lives by re-inventing and building upon the same ideas, the same principles which we have forsaken in our previous efforts.

» Published on Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Salvation and Demonic Deliverance

It’s with great thankfulness and love that I write what many times before has been attempted regarding the work salvation and deliverance God has wrought in my life. I understand the burden of truth. I know among the body there are wolves. Those who seek to destroy His body and seek to blemish the testimony of Jesus Christ. It is not my intent to bring accusation against Him, or me, or anyone but to declare as I understand it now His good works demonstrated to me and my older brother. This is the first part of my story…

» Published on Friday, June 22, 2007

Pink and Purple Jesus

A recent prayer time with my family. I had both of my daughters sit on the sofa to prepare their hearts. I asked them to close their eyes and think about God, about Jesus. I asked them to think about the stories they’ve heard about Jesus and about the other Bible’s stories they know. I asked them to think about what God did in each of them and while they did this we prayed that God would reveal Himself to us, to show us Himself, to speak to us.