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 […]
Eternal Life Shows Up HERE and NOW
If we truly engage with Christ and His followers in the love Jesus modeled for us, our confidence in God’s eternal love grows!
Our Suffering = God’s Gift
This photo is my daughter up with me from 4am to 6am today… Oof! We listened to God’s Word from Hebrews 11 to 1 Peter 5… Really refreshing spiritually… though […]
Joined by ANGELS
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as […]
SMALL & USEFUL Jesus Clusters
Jesus is our orientation! Jesus is our ever-fixed mark, the One we gaze upon in worship and the One we follow with a blood hound like tenacity. As we band […]
Grounded Gospel 