INSPIRED CONVERSATIONS
Communication is often thought of in terms of how I am understood or how my words are being received but so much of communication is about how solid my listening skills are. Yes, of course, my words matter. My ability to articulate ideas and thoughts is important. But...
This Is Healing
With all my heart I believe that the local church is still the hope of the world. That the integration of followers of Jesus into the society and culture of our world is essential for the healing and restoration of humanity. If the church will be honest and authentic...
Why Life and Leadership Coaching?
It's a question I often hear...why would I need a coach? Simply put, many of us do not have the built in relationships that provide the necessary input into our lives to navigate all that comes at us. In today’s fast-paced and competitive world, personal and...
Revive Us Again
My early adulthood was spent as a member of a church that met in a very old church building with even older traditions and even older people, or so it seemed. We sang hymns in strong 4 part harmony with instruments mostly not allowed. About once a year or so we would...
Parenting and other scary stories – Q&A
On the final Sunday of the "Parenting and Other Scary Stories" series, we closed our time with a panel of parents to field and address questions from the RESTōR congregation. We didn't get to nearly all of them - here is a follow up to those that were not answered....
What Do You See?
We've all heard ourselves or someone else say things like "Well, from where I sit" or "From my perspective". When you hear this, whether you asked for it or not, you know you're about to get their opinion on a particular subject matter. Last week I had a moment that...
IDOLS 4.0
THE TRUTH IS: Yesterday, we closed out the "IDOLS" collection of talks. Many of us took some big steps forward in refocusing our worship off of ourselves and our preferred idols and onto Jesus instead. We recognized that much of our idol worship has to do with a lack...
IDOLS 3.0
WITHOUT PREJUDICE: Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, [out beyond shame and fear] there is a field. I'll meet you there. Rumi For far too much of her history the church has allowed a prejudicial culture to take root and cause harm. I believe God’s...
IDOLS 2.0
Kingdom Allegiance: To what and to whom do we pledge allegiance? It is imperative that we give consideration to this question. What is our obligation to an earthly kingdom? You’ve heard the oft-repeated assessment of a certain ilk of Christianity who are “too heavenly...
IDOLS
Hey RESTōR fam! I'm urging you to consider what the surface idols are in your life and then dig in and identify the deep or root idols that drive the unbelief (that results in the surface sins of your life). If you want the entire talk...listen or watch "IDOLS" wk 1....
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