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Annette is an amazing woman. She partnered with me faithfully in these first years of Desert Stream. She endured the threat of men who...

Although most of the healing and care-giving we did was behind closed doors, the waters levels rose and poured out onto the streets. The...

Annette and I did not quite know what we had signed up for in those first two years at Desert Stream at Charlie’s. We were willing, and...

Every Wednesday night for two years, we met in the home of a well-known interior designer. Charlie, along with many of his friends, was...

Three persons—three distinct currents of mercy—poured into Annette and I and became foundational to how we loved and served. Without...

Around this time I was baptized in the Pacific Ocean. Amid a winter storm, my pastor dunked me into the waters, and counted the old man...

The temptation to fall with other men sexually increased after I first proclaimed healing from homosexuality. The word of my testimony,...

After Europe, I moved into a UCLA fraternity house crammed with conservative Christian men. They were Republicans, I was the on the...

Soon after the French party, I moved home and determined to grow with the Christian friends I had. Fun or not, they were my people. My...

What is your desert? It could be several things: harsh and severe circumstances, or personal distress–physical, emotional, or moral....

Jesus’ 40 days in the desert came immediately after His baptism. Filled with the Spirit, just named by the Father as His beloved Son,...

Lent prepares us for Easter by leading us to the cross: 40 days, 40 steps to Calvary. It is the downward ascent to God’s mercy. Lent...

On the week that centers on Christ Crucified for millions around the globe, the USA has acted in a most unholy manner. Palm Sunday to...

While we were sleeping, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously overturned the state’s ban on ‘gay marriage’ on grounds that it was...

The second question we must raise: does freedom from racial restrictions in marriage apply reasonably to freedom from gender distinctions...

“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”Edmund Burke“Since we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try...

It would be wrong to assume that all if not most churches overreact to homosexuality as if it were a landmine, ready to explode. In...