Essence

Essence

Her name was Essence. She was a perky 12-year-old with disheveled brown hair and thicker than usual glasses that made her eyes a little larger than average. But let me tell you, Essence was anything but average. She still had her pajama bottoms on when she walked up...
Me Too

Me Too

Suffering is a sacred meeting place between two worlds—one of spirit and one of flesh. Suffering is the familiar common ground where broken hearted Christians say to a broken-hearted world, “me too.” Simply put, pain is the language everyone understands and where a...
The Kingdom Of God Is Here

The Kingdom Of God Is Here

​ Something remarkable is shifting in Columbia, TN and it came out into the open in, of all places, my hometown coffee shop. If you live in Columbia or even relatively near the south suburbs of Nashville, drink coffee, and have half a mind to pay attention, I bet...
The Pauper King(Palm Sunday)

The Pauper King(Palm Sunday)

Jesus rode into town on a borrowed donkey. He used the cloaks of his followers for a borrowed saddle. Had one last meal with His dearest and closest friends, upstairs, in a borrowed room. He owned neither the cross, the nails, nor the sin that held Him to it, but...
Trust And Obey

Trust And Obey

It’s been a particularly challenging back half of the week. I got up this morning to catch a flight home from Houston when the old hymn “Trust and Obey” came to mind. It’s remarkable how you can go years without thinking of those rich old hymns, and then suddenly one...
Miraculous Hope

Miraculous Hope

July 11, 2021 was a Sunday that started off like any other day. I’m a worship Pastor so, as you can imagine, my morning starts pretty early, around 5:30 am most Sundays. I won’t lie, the days are full yet very fulfilling in the Spirit, and our morning service at...