The early stages of fall are upon us. Children (of all ages) are back to school, churches are gearing up for their fall programming, small groups are reconvening, work is getting busier, and summer vacations are in the rearview mirror. A season...
READ MOREDearest friends,
Well, how is your summer going?
How is your recovery coming along?
I hope I don’t need at this point to convince you that we are in need of recovery. The world was absolutely mad and very draining before the...
READ MOREHappy summer! Last time I wrote—in April—I put before you the idea of developing a “prescription” for your recovery after the year we’ve all been through. My premise was that we have all passed through global trauma, and it has affected us...
READ MOREIf you’ve ever had to care for your body through some sort of recovery, you know how beautiful and vulnerable these vessels are. I’ve been through physical therapy a number of times over the years as various injuries have required, and every time...
READ MOREIF YOU ARE READING THIS BEFORE MARCH 6 you still have time to join us for Fresh Hearts, Strong Hearts—Homecoming ‘21, a live online event.
2020 left us all a bit weary and beat up. Maybe more than a bit weary. We thought it was time for...
READ MOREI’ll cut straight to it; I have a word from God for you:
Be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down...pray that you will have strength to escape all these things.
(Luke 21:34)
Jesus was...
READ MOREDear Friends,
I’d like to remind everyone that Jesus is still the main story in the world.
If you’re taking in any news at all, you can feel like the world is unraveling into madness. Certainly here in America, on the eve of one of...
READ MOREI've been thinking a lot about resilience.
Who thrives during hard times, who doesn’t, and why.
Because I want my friends—including you!—to thrive, in spite of these days. I want to thrive myself. And this crazy year has me...
READ MOREWhen I wrote in July, I asked you a question: What story are you living in? Is it the story God is telling, or a story given to you by man? Then Stasi shared with me this quote, attributed to A.W. Tozer: “Listen to no man who has not listened to...
READ MOREWell, events in the world continue to swirl with uncertainty. Tensions rise. The pandemic resurges. A fresh round of lockdowns is upon many of us. People and governments are reaching for control. This could be a tough fall.
Really rough...
READ MOREDear Friends and Allies,
I am so aware as I write this, that by the time it reaches you mid-June the world may have changed again.
Right as we were beginning to emerge from the total lock-down days of the quarantines, just...
READ MOREThough we are still in the midst of the pandemic, I think the healthiest thing we can do is not always talk about the pandemic! What I’d much rather do this month—what I am so excited to share with you—is an excerpt from our teammate Morgan...
READ MOREWell, the world has certainly been shaken.
And if we’re honest, we’ve all been shaken a bit, too.
Ever since the pandemic broke out (probably the most significant event of our era), the world has been reaching for solid ground—...
READ MOREI’ve been thinking quite a bit lately on a question that seems critical to friends of Jesus in this hour: How does a person live—and thrive—at the end of the age?
Every dear follower of Jesus I know, including mature saints, is...
READ MOREWe sent this email last Friday to those on our email list. Many of our allies found it immensely helpful, so we are posting it here for further reach.
Dear Friends,
We are keenly aware that many of you are wondering what the future...
READ MOREDear Friends,
January was such a whirlwind, and so much information is always rushing at us, I thought it would be kinder to send a “January/February” newsletter. (The world has grown absurdly complicated, most people's lives are jammed...
READ MOREDecember 2019
Dear Friends and Allies,
A very Merry Christmastide to you all! This letter comes with love and blessings from our whole team!
Now, I know this is a ridiculously busy time of year for most of us. We take our...
READ MOREA very happy beginning of the holiday season to you! I pray it’s filled with love and goodness from your God who adores you.
Hey guess what—Wild at Heart turns 20 in December! Holy Cow!
On the one hand, it’s hard to believe—where...
READ MORESeptember/October 2019
Dear Friends,
You did not miss my September newsletter, in case you were wondering. Life remains insanely busy—for all of us—and I simply didn’t have the time to write something meaningful.
To tell the...
READ MOREWell, summer is nearly past, though I hate to admit it. The neighborhood kids are all back to school. Our team here has returned from their family vacations. The local pool closes on Labor Day. Our grocer no longer has watermelon. But I’m eating...
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