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‘God endows our bodily longing for communion with His reordering Presence. There lies our hope for wholeness, for becoming an integrated...

Can wounds make us more whole? Hope so. An exhaustive account of the IHOP-KC mess is in vain unless we allow its findings to change us....

Weird reunion. Annette’s older ‘gay’-identified brother John, unraveling in San Francisco, needed family. His friends had died or given...

Fire and Flood   ‘As aliens, live in reverent fear’ (1 Pet. 1:17).   During this fast, I have experienced an acute pain in my chest, as...

Heaven Help Us   ‘As aliens, live in reverent fear’ (1 Pet. 1:17)    Prayer is the best expression of our alien status. As we approach...

Mercy for People, Not Presidents   'As aliens, live in reverent fear.' (1 Pet. 1:17)  ‘No one will win this election, ultimately. No one...

‘Jesus is a drama King, and we are the drama queens…’ David Bennett: quote from Revoice ’24, author of upcoming Queering the Queer .  ...

We celebrate Pride Month by showcasing Jesus’ Kingdom kindness: how His love invites and enables sexually wounded people to become...

We celebrate Pride Month by showcasing Jesus’ Kingdom kindness: how His love invites and enables sexually wounded people to become...

My world was rocked when I first heard the news about Mike Bickle’s sexual and spiritual abuse: I felt sick to my stomach and...

I Will Arise ‘Weary and weak—accept my weariness. Weary and weak and downcast in soul, With hope growing less and less, And with the goal...

‘When we lead with our strengths, we create competition; we create community when we lead with our weaknesses.’ Mike Bickle Mike Bickle...

‘Is it a time for you to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains in ruins? Go…and build the house, so that I may take...

My ‘gay’-identified friend Tim needs Jesus. Finally. It’s taken decades and a terminal condition for him to soften to the God-man. And I...

“Who are you…what do you have to say for yourself? ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness…’” (Jn. 1:22-23). Advent pops our...

Living Truth ‘You are Peter, and on this Rock, I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.’ (Matt. 16:18)....

Contending for Justice ‘In the darkness of the unexpressed, sin poisons the whole of a man.’ - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Give me a bold sinner...

Deeper Ache ‘Those who are whole don’t need a doctor but those who are sick. I come not to call the righteous but sinners to...

Leveraging Church Hypocrisy #2 ‘God loves you, He made you gay, the pope loves you, and you must love yourself.’ - Pope Francis to ‘gay’...

Repentance ‘There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God’- Ps. 46:4 Turn from the false and dive into the depths of His...