Here I Am

Here I Am

In perhaps the most famous commissioning of all time, Isaiah uttered this phrase: “Here I am! Send me.” And God sent him (Isaiah 6). But Isaiah isn’t the only one who chose this phrase. It occurs in shocking frequency: Abraham said “Here I am,” in response to the...
Purpose over Petty

Purpose over Petty

One of the bazillion reasons I am falling in love with the practice of fixing my eyes on the eternal is because it is full of purpose.  FULL of purpose.  And aren’t our hearts burning for purpose?  Rich and satisfying purpose.  Purpose that can be found in pain, in...
Rumblings and a Rescue

Rumblings and a Rescue

There were rumblings.  People were confused.  Angry.  Nothing was cohesive except the mounting chaos consuming the crowd.  In bursts of brutal beckoning the average onlooker was bludgeoned with an agenda akin to a kind of evil they did not even appreciate.  There were...
Living in Your Forte

Living in Your Forte

We were made for big stuff.  Eternal stuff.  Each of us were built with a place in our hearts where there is a quiet stirring wrestling within; something that twists and turns and squirms inside the chambers of our hearts that groans to be acknowledged and let loose. ...