House Church and Normal People
In these video blog entries I share a little of what we are learning about ministry in the house church model, similar to Crowded House or We Are Church or […]
Plurality of Spiritual Leaders
We all need it, God’s work through mentors and godly men and women in our lives, and yet we so easily want to be islands. Even in a large church […]
Ransomed & Our Usefulness
Since Jesus died for our sins we will today… Agape love being placed into our lives by the Holy Spirit means that we will today… The Father loves us. The […]
Can’t Keep Track!
Wow, God is on the move! We had our second baptism in two weeks on Friday and got to appoint our second elder and lead house church pastor, Dave Simmons […]
Friends Who Live in California
PRAY
What a path a life of prayer leads us to! I am communicating with a young man and an older man in dramatically different walks of life but who are […]
The Darkest Hour IS NOW
This photo is of my good friend, Vince. He cares for me often by reminding me, “Jesus loves you, big brother Torrey!” Many know Vince and have encouraged and tried […]
GOD’s Blog & Clearing the Chaos
My sister-in-law was reviewing a book start I had recently written and we agreed that it reads like a blog thus far. This was no surprise since blogging is the […]
Scarcity and Genuine Jesus-Followers
There is a scarcity of genuine Jesus-followers. I only have a couple of minutes to write this post, but I felt a strong prompting to make this statement while in […]
Alone? No…
While reading in Revelation and praying for God’s peace and purpose for today, I thought of an image after seeing some grapevines piled up along the train tracks here in […]
JESUS, Born to Die
Jesus Christ was born to die for all who simply repent and believe in His life being poured out for the forgiveness of our sins! That’s the story we can […]
JESUS in the FLOODS & FIRES
Yesterday I literally encountered a flood in my office and a fire in my home. Fortunately both of these were not devastating but certainly were impactful in my wife’s and […]
Only One True Hero for Me
Do you have some heroes or some central ideals you tend to wrap your identity around? So have I at various points in my life. I haven’t moved on from […]
Healing Vs Hacking
It is creeping it’s way into the advice from an actual guru I saw posting an ad on Youtube to many I hear comments from around my town. Tricks of […]
Grounded in the Gospel
The Gospel puts our eyes where they belong, gazing steadily into the Father’s heart as we encounter our God, holy and yet loving, awesome and yet approachable, beyond us and […]
Wind and Doctrine
Let’s sit down for a muffin and some coffee sometime together and ponder our future as followers of Jesus. A moment of peace and comfort from time to time helps […]
Questions Around the Dinner Table
They say the school of hard knocks is often encountered in the work and financial aspects of our life in particular. It’s my belief that the school of hard knocks […]
