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FW: Hero Friendship

2012-01-18T23:37:00.001-08:00

Because I decided to walk the half mile between the hotel and the restaurant, and because both traffic and parking turned out to be more difficult than expected, I actually arrived first by about 20 minutes. The three of us were in Colorado for a retreat and since Colorado Springs seems to be verily awash with Christian authors, speakers, and celebrities we took the opportunity to ask for a

God is good - even when you have no idea what's happening.

2011-12-22T22:20:00.001-08:00

Proverbs 21:31 says "The horses are prepared for battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord."Coming home from work today caps off a lot of hard work, a lot of sacrifice and stress - and a "couldn't be better" entry to a much needed week and a half of rest, family and recharging. A week ago today we finally released the game that we've been working on for about nine months. It's probably fair to

With revelation comes responsibility

2011-08-04T00:41:00.001-07:00

I heard a sermon the other day that really got me thinking and returning to that ‘count the cost’ idea Jesus shoots out at us. The guy was talking about Solomon and 1 Kings 11:19 where it says “The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.” God had first appeared to Solomon in a dream where he makes the

What if...?

2011-03-20T16:29:00.000-07:00

OK, so go with me for just a minute here. IF - a big crazy if - IF you found a zombie shambling up your lawn this evening you would know what to do right?You would know, from countless cultural touchstones, that zombies:1. eat you - usually your brain2. are dumb and slow3. are defeated by popping them in the head.Certainly there are exceptions to this 'rule' but generally speaking we all know

I've lost my quiet

2011-02-27T20:43:00.001-08:00

I've lost my quiet.That's what I want to tell Rebekah this morning but even the words to express that thought only appear when I'm here, once I've begun to find it again.Part of me wonders why I keep doing this, deliberately separating myself from man and his work to retreat up into the woods. This part grumbles that if God wanted to talk to me He ought to be able to do so quite well in church,

Remember Permission

2011-01-22T16:15:00.001-08:00

There’s a place near the end of The Legend of Bagger Vance where Will Smith (playing the Holy Spirit) tells Matt Damon that in order for him to move forward he needs to go back and ‘remember.’ To remember what it was that he was made for in the first place – something he’s clearly forgotten. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mk2Tca88Xo I’ve been writing on this blog for years now and a lot of it

Advanced Words

2010-09-05T22:03:00.001-07:00

We got back from PAX today and while the expo was fun I found myself missing the kind of Jesus-tinged experience that I really have come to expect on these things. It's not that we totally missed Him but in most spiritual ways it felt more like a day at the (non soma) office.But just as I was rolling into my driveway something came to mind that I want to capture. It has the feeling of a fleeting

Welcome Back Weary FB Refugees

2010-08-11T21:54:00.001-07:00

It may be a bit premature but I think I’m stating to see a return to blogging in my circle. For a while it seemed that the demon Facebook had siphoned away all the people I cared to read about and forced us al into short little snippets and pointless pokes. But I was starting to miss the blogs a lot. Though in truth, I think Kathie soldiered on alone and I too long neglected to read her ongoing

Informed Innocence

2010-08-02T21:32:00.001-07:00

We were singing a song in church yesterday where Jesus was described as being innocent. In the context of the song they were using the word as the opposite of guilty but in one of those strong moments of insight I found myself drawn down a different path. We also use the word innocent to describe a child and while the root thought is certainly related to a lack of guilt we mean something subtly

Hebel

2010-05-31T01:36:00.001-07:00

So back in March I had the honor of being quoted in the Wall Street Journal. In another day I'll get he honor or appearing on-stage at Computex during a keynote presentation.The way things have been going, I suspect there will be other honors to come.Jesus talks about the things we do and the way we do them (Matt 6) and how for those who act in public and seek the validation of men, they'll most

Just thinking...

2009-09-23T10:55:00.001-07:00

One of the things many people have asked me in regards to healing goes something like this: “If there were people being miraculously healed of anything, anywhere – even one genuine case of a broken arm being fixed – it would be all over the news.” In other words, “I’d already have heard about it.” My response is something like this: “Not so. The news reports what it is interested in and the

Reflection

2009-09-19T16:13:00.001-07:00

One of the most shocking ways ways we can get insight into our lives is to have somebody close to us make a matter-of-fact observation or comment that is so incongruent with our internal vision of ourselves that it sounds as though the comment were about some stranger. Rebekah, wife, love of my life, bearer of my churlin...this post’s for you. Talking about jobs and careers and that kind of

On Healing

2009-07-11T23:24:00.001-07:00

Since shortly after the birth of my son I’ve found myself on a kind of extended quest to explore, critique and even to experience the phenomenon of miraculous healing in the context of modern Christianity. It’s been a heck of a ride. Healing touches on a lot of different things in our lives and there’s no space (or desire) for me to write a book here. But I did want to create a kind of summary

And now for something completely different...

2009-06-30T08:31:00.000-07:00

Home From Bethel

2009-06-28T22:01:00.000-07:00

So I got back from my trip at 4am on Wed. morning...long drive. When I came back from MorningStar last year, I think it took me something like three months to process what I’d seen. No, that’s not quite right, I’m still processing parts of that, but it took me three months to write anything. I was just dumbfounded. This trip to Bethel was in some ways less dramatic, in many ways far more personal

Juxtaposed

2009-06-21T16:37:00.000-07:00

I may have witnessed the most remarkable miracle of my life this weekend...but then again I may not have. A member of Bethel opens his house for visitors like me and there was a family in the house with me with a 28 year old daughter who needed help. In short, this lovely young lady had a heart with only three chambers and it was on the wrong side of her body. She’s dying. After prayer yesterday

So far...so much love

2009-06-20T00:23:00.000-07:00

I’ve tried to keep my expectations in check or this trip. I’ve wanted to come here to Bethel for a good long while now but I didn’t want to load the thing up with all this pressure that it had to answer any particular question or be some certain thing. I just wanted to come. If there is one thing I am looking for it’s an interpretation of my soto ensei dream, but frankly I’m not too worried about

My song

2009-06-19T22:45:00.001-07:00

Your love is better than wine.Draw me after you and let us run together.I am my beloved's and He is mine....truly, He is mine.Sent from my iPhone

One more time...

2009-06-17T17:35:00.001-07:00

So after several delays it looks like I’m taking another shot at visiting Bethel church in Redding, CA. There’s no conference that I know of or anything like that but I’m going just to see what God does. Whatever that is, even if it’s only to turn me around again, I’ll try to stay current here.

Invitation

2009-06-14T23:01:00.000-07:00

There are times when life seems to be cruising along just fine when you find yourself suddenly reeling from a wound that you didn’t know was there. A few weeks ago a good friend of mine was invited to go to a kind of nationwide get-together for the people who are working in various W@H ministries around the country. When I heard the news I was really happy for for all kinds of reasons but when

Bun in the Oven

2009-06-03T10:09:00.000-07:00

Just got the Ultrasound results - It’s a girl. :)

The journey so far

2009-03-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

When I thought I would make a pilgrimage to Bethel, I figured on basically going with what was on my back (or in the back of my Jeep anyway). I didn‘t have anyplace to stay, I didn’t know anybody, and I had basically no available funds. And this week, as it started out with some interesting developments has continued to develop – though still on a path that is much different than expected. I

News not connected to Pilgrimage...

2009-03-26T16:05:00.000-07:00

Segundo

Update

2009-03-24T23:58:00.000-07:00

Well today was a very interesting and very important day...not at all what I had imagined for my third day of pilgrimage, but pivotal and undeniably providential. First – the whole house thing is taken care of. Until I could say that, I don’t think I realized how much that’s been weighing on me. I’ve been able to keep a good game face on or the last several months and I truly had faith that

Pilgrimage: Cont.

2009-03-23T21:43:00.000-07:00

Pilgrimage day 2: location: home Um...yeah, so this isn’t exactly what I had in mind but here I am at home on Monday evening trying to se what’s next. It’s worth recounting an interesting chain of events that got me here, some will just have to go without explanation for the time being. On Thursday, I’m thinking it would be good to take that pilgrimage I’ve been thinking about and God has been

Scenes From The "recession"

2009-03-19T09:52:00.001-07:00

This is pretty powerful: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/scenes_from_the_recession.html File under: ‘val.picture=1k*word’ It maybe only that for the fist time I’m old and involved enough to be aware of these things, but this is the first time in my life that I’ve ever sensed any meaning to such words as depression, recession, downturn, etc. And honestly it’s a strange experience. I

Unexpected update

2009-03-17T16:48:00.001-07:00

So I wasn’t expecting this but I had a friend offer to kick in a few bucks toward the pilgrimage. It’s not what I was expecting (nor hinting at) but it reminds me of previous times I’ve felt God call to me specific places. It seems, now that I think about it, that he always provides for those things in his own way and time. In fact, that might be seen as one of the pounded in lessons of my trip

Pilgrim? What's that?

2009-03-15T21:41:00.000-07:00

First, to get something unrelated off my chest: Facebook is cool and everything but if it winds up taking the place of what was a rich and vibrant blogging culture then I’ll be sorely soreified (...that sounds pretty gross) What I mean to say is that no number of status updates and photo tags is in any way as deep or as meaningful as the way most of these blogs were going for a good long stretch.

Pilgrimage

2009-03-13T15:11:00.001-07:00

So I’m feeling led to take a pilgrimage which is an interesting thing to me. I really don’t have any context for that word beyond vague references in history classes and an awareness that Gandalf was known as the Grey Pilgrim. Also, I’m specifically planning on going to Bethel Church (www.ibethel.org) in Redding, CA. Right now the very vague plan is to show up...and then stay until I feel like

New Audio...um again.

2009-02-27T07:46:00.001-08:00

I suck. I haven’t had a single entry on this blog in over a month and there has been so much to talk about. >sigh< On the other hand, who needs a blog when I have facebook... ;) Anyway, I did want to drop this new audio clip (see sidebar) on the blog. It’s a sermon I did at TFC earlier this month and I’ve had really good feedback on it. It’s really about hearing God’s voice and how we balance

New Audio

2009-01-27T15:51:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to drop two new audio links here.The first one is a recording from our Spring boot camp (2008) and it is my Spiritual Warfare session. This needs to be seen as part of a larger 4 day event, but it stands OK by itself.The second is a sermon that looks at the way our seniors operate in the church and how much we need them.Check them out in the right column.

Perspective

2009-01-21T21:08:00.000-08:00

I’m ruminating on a thought here and I’m not sure what to make of it yet – but it seems like something that I ought to write down for the sake of articulation and as defense against losing it. (loosing it?) I’ve heard many people say something to this effect: The miracle of restoring a person’s soul (AKA: salvation) is far greater than the miracle of restoring sight to the blind, seeing the

"...forgetting what is behind, I press on."

2009-01-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

The snow has been falling all morning and I've been sitting in my mother-in-law's basement room watching the miracle of fluttering frozen flakes. I love the snow.It's also the first day of a new year - Jan 1, 2009 - and I have this feeling in my heart like something truly new and powerful is budding up in my life. (see my last post about Soma).Over and over (not sure if I've said it here) I've

Soma takes a big step forward...

2008-12-25T23:30:00.001-08:00

There is a LOT more to say about this, but I only have a few minutes. Check out the breaking news: http://www.somagames.com/

Favor...

2008-12-01T11:29:00.000-08:00

Why God’s favor is better than most really good things: I can walk into Panera for a business meeting, mildly anxious about the prices at such a nice upscale yuppy feeding trough. But because it’s like 11:01, the breakfast quiche thingies (the thing I just ordered) are now officially unsellable because breakfast is over. The counter clerk says, “Oh no. It’s 11 and I can’t sell these now...but I

...In plenty and in want...

2008-11-24T23:29:00.000-08:00

Phil 4:11-12 “...for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” I never noticed before that Paul says he’s learned how to face ‘plenty’ and ‘abundance’. I think it’s common to read this passage and hear something like,

A high-water mark

2008-11-23T21:20:00.000-08:00

Today at church I wound up as the teacher for the high school group and we were talking about prayer and how all the book knowledge and good intentions were ultimately pointless unless you put them into practice in the real world. More to the point, there was little value in talking about the gifts of the spirit if you never walked in those gifts... Paul says an interesting thing in

A Letter To 3

2008-10-19T23:02:00.000-07:00

3, I don’t know if you still follow this blog but since I really don’t know a better way to reach you, I’ll have to trust that this will get to you one way or another. I just want you to know, that for my part, I forgive you all that happened. I admit, I’m curious to know how that must sound to you. Of course, in many ways, my forgiveness is probably the least of those you might seek. But I

Great. Now we have Chain blog posts...

2008-10-18T22:41:00.000-07:00

Tag Rules: Post the rules on your blog Write 6 random things about yourself Tag 6 people at the end of your post If you are tagged, just do it, and pass the tag along! Ichi: I’m not sure, but I think this is the cow story I’ve been asked to recount: Once when I was driving toward Sherwood it was this unbelievably awesome day and Mt. Hood was just as lovely as could be so I pulled over across

Cool Poem

2008-09-29T14:21:00.000-07:00

The History Teacher by Billy Collins Trying to protect his students’ innocence he told them the Ice Age was really just the Chilly Age, a period of a million years when everyone had to wear sweaters. And the Stone Age became the Gravel Age, named after the long driveways of the time. The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more than an outbreak of questions such as “How far is it from here to

Givin Props

2008-09-11T14:56:00.001-07:00

Another cool bit of news. You’ll remember a few posts ago ( http://the-m-blog.blogspot.com/2008/07/coming-out-of-closet.html) I mentioned that we had some cool new concept art courtesy of fellow blogger Devin Parker. Well in another serendipitous moment, I was introduced to a guy who is just starting up a new publishing company that specializes in Christian speculative fiction. He’s the guy at

w00t!

2008-09-05T10:25:00.000-07:00

Check it out, Soma Games was name dropped on the front page of Christian News Northwest:http://www.cnnw.com/articles/Christiansgetinthegame.html

Spin off from Devin

2008-08-16T14:07:00.000-07:00

I just read a recent post from Devin (http://mysterycycles.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-do-you-say.html) and it has me thinking... One, oddly enough I have very recently asked Devin is HE was secretly worshiping the Devil (all in jest of course...or was it?) >;) Two, Devin’s name is in fact only one letter from actually BEING Devil...Hmmm... Ok, all joking aside, one of the things that precious

Awesome News!

2008-08-13T21:01:00.000-07:00

In the (admittedly small) pond of Christian gaming, there are very few big fish. But about two months ago I was able to make contact with a the guy who is arguably he biggest of them. In an effort to stay good on the NDA I can’t tell you his name quite yet but for know, we’ll call him Ralph. Ralph is the producer and publisher of the most successful Christian video game ever made and is also the

Lesson From Odin

2008-08-12T20:19:00.000-07:00

Odin was kind/odd enough to teach me a lesson today. That is to say that God was kind/quirky enough to teach me a lesson as I interacted with Odin today. We were out on the lawn and I was watering the flowers with the hose. Odin had found a large plastic cup that I brought out earlier and he would stand in front of me with the cup held up saying ‘More? More? More?’, like Oliver or something but

Where's that darn kingdom?

2008-08-10T22:27:00.000-07:00

Dar Williams* has a wonderful song called “And A God Descended”; the chorus goes... Well a God descended And the ‘real time’ ended His light was lifted just above the law Now we have to live with what we did with what we saw. That last line perfectly describes where I find myself today. What do I do with what I saw? I know that it’s been several months now since my pretty remarkable trip back

A new Sermon

2008-08-04T14:43:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to drop off a new audio file:Dealing With Disappointment

Coming Out of the Closet

2008-07-18T15:25:00.000-07:00

OK - maybe a bad title.But then again, Kate used to tell me that I had the makings of a proper gay man except for the shoes...I'm pretty sure she meant it as a compliment.Anyway...I've been putting off saying anything for several months for fear of jinxing it, but I reckon it's time to say something about a long awaited arrival - Soma Games.We unquestionably lost some significant momentum back at

Another quick report

2008-07-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, I had the privilege of being invited to be an elder at my church about 8 months ago. And not to be flippant, but the job has been somewhat ambiguous. In TFC the elders are a sort of unofficial body. We don’t vote on anything, we don’t review anything, we don’t write any checks. Likewise, nobody votes us in or out and there is no official body that oversees us. We aren’t

The Dragon Released

2008-07-02T13:32:00.001-07:00

(This story is actually several years old now and needs to be updated to be both internally consistent and consistent with how the Avatar world has developed since I wrote this. But until just three days ago I had the sick feeling in my gut that I lost this story entirely when a hard drive crashed. So when I found a hard copy I literally cheered. Now I want to post this so that Google has a copy

Is it just me?

2008-06-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

OK – this is weird. On Saturday Rebekah and I were going up to Vancouver. A church I’m passingly familiar with was hosting a kind of prophetic conference where you could show up and see if maybe God had something specific he wanted to tell you through a team of prophets. Frankly the whole thing is a little outside he box for me, but I admit I was at least interested enough to check it out.

Dau Luke

2008-06-15T17:38:00.000-07:00

I’ve been in a Foursquare church for a long time, like ten years now, and something happened today that I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen even though I’ve heard about it. There was a missionary couple visiting (TFC supports them) and a few of us were asked to come up and pray over them as they were getting ready to go back to Papua. As I was praying I got a word for them...but...um...it wasn

Really, I'm not stalling

2008-06-12T17:32:00.001-07:00

I feel I should say something about all that happened last month in South Carolina. Several people have pinged me in one way or another to say, “well...what happened?” I’m not stalling, and while I’ve certainly been busy, that’s not really what’s been delaying the post (or several). The thing has just been wicked hard to write about. I’ve tried several times and there are so many things to say,

Home Sweet Home

2008-05-22T15:55:00.000-07:00

Well I’m back on the ground in Newberg and I’m very glad to be back home with my family. I’m totally smoked though from late nights a lot of energy and little sleep. So I’ll probably go dark here for a few days as I try to catch up on sleep.

Quick note

2008-05-21T14:52:00.000-07:00

Just a really quick note before I forgot it. There is a rather popular atheist book out right now and a website all with the argument that says “Why won’t God heal amputees” an it goes on to lay a case that since God doesn’t heal amputees he can’t be all powerful and ergo...can’t be God. Many Christians have taken the bait there by immediately accepting the premise...but the premise is false.

Some pre-departure unpacking

2008-05-21T14:44:00.000-07:00

So we have the afternoon free and unlike yesterday and Monday, I don’t feel sorely lacking in sleep. So I thought it would be a good time to start unpacking a few things, or at least recording a few things that I will try to unpack in time. Psalm 34 says “Come and taste that the Lord is good...” And “Nicodemus...said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do

Quick Notes

2008-05-20T15:44:00.000-07:00

Just a few quick notes form the conference so far: Wound up eating with folks from the security and front desk staff here and according to them, the fact that I got a room here at all was clearly a miracle. Which is is a little odd – the folks who work here were more impressed by that than I was. For me it was like, well of course He’ll get me a room – this is a hotel isn’t it? Perhaps it was

Could Use Prayer...

2008-05-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

So in case it either A: wasn’t clear or B: I haven’t had a moment to tell you, The Lord opened a door for me to attend this healing conference in NC at the last minute and now I am here at Heritage and waiting to see what happens next. Which may be where you come in. :) There are no available rooms. Between a conference holding about 1000 people and a bunch of other folks hanging around for

Something I read.

2008-05-18T22:15:00.001-07:00

This is from a book I’m reading called God’s Generals: We are not called to give up. We are called to obey God at whatever cost and to let success answer our critics. If it seems you have hit a hard place in your life or ministry, don’t whine and complain. Don’t offer your reasons for it. Pray! Explanations and excuses rob us of strength and power.

The adventure continues...

2008-05-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

So this will no doubt warrant significant explanation, but I’m quite suddenly on the way to NC... I’ll be in touch as time permits.

w00t! w00t!

2008-05-15T20:01:00.001-07:00

HOLY CRAP! 2 minute after $800 showed up..another $200 got handed to me. Bring it on home Jesus!

w00t!

2008-05-15T19:58:00.001-07:00

Praise Jesus! A friend just told me God told him to drop 8 bills in this ‘Get Chris to NC’ project! Sweet!

Thoughts

2008-05-14T11:42:00.001-07:00

I want to drop off a few thoughts that I’ve heard on the wire and that ring for me. The main flavor of this move of God is to express God’s glory – again, His Glory. And I don’t mean that in the way like we say “Oh, it’s all for His Glory”, I mean the purpose and nature of this move will be for US to experience His Glory. Where some moves of God require us to contend for them (‘The Kingdom of

More about that depression thang

2008-05-13T17:28:00.001-07:00

Something has come up enough times that I think it’s worth putting out here. I submit this only as a hunch or a scent – I’d be interested to know if this rings with anybody. For several reasons I suspect this depression + isolation attack may be based in witchcraft. Not like the depressed people are dabbling in witchcraft, but maybe a large scale (coordinated?) curse/spell. Look, I know how

FW: BCNW follow-up

2008-05-13T12:04:00.000-07:00

This is a letter exchange between Rick Randall, who you’ve mentioned, and a guy who I haven’t asked permission to use his name... ------ Forwarded Message From: Rick Randall [Random Person], Thanks so much for sharing. You may not be aware of this but I just spent the weekend at MorningStar Ministries in Fort Mill, SC. It was very much a last minute thing to go but I can really see how God is

Some connections from the dark side...

2008-05-13T11:57:00.001-07:00

(Kristin, I’m posting this letter to me blog at the same time, so if I get the details wrong, please correct them.) Obviously one of the main themes I’ve been harping on here has been the theme of noting and understanding the connections that are happening. Most of those have been positive in nature but with the axiom that every move of good meets demonic opposition, I did want to relate one

Question from Rick

2008-05-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

Chris, This question came to me this morning. What is the story of how MorningStar came onto your radar? The real question behind that is this, is God calling you here or to something completely different in Charlotte? Yes we are in the suburbs of Charlotte but it's actually Fort Mill just across the state line and actually in South Carolina instead of North. I don't want to introduce any

More from Rick

2008-05-12T13:18:00.001-07:00

Rick has headed home now from NC and I know he still has a lot to share. But here is a better link to his blog: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=46138339

A recent email

2008-05-12T11:37:00.001-07:00

This is an email I recently received and my response. I should say as I post this, that while I get pretty fired up by the end of my response, I really do appreciate the sentiment my friend expressed. And since I don’t have his permission to post this, I’ll expunge any identifying notes. Still – if you (the author) don’t mind identifying yourself – this is perhaps a great place to have a very

A piece of the puzzle?

2008-05-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

We may just have gotten a piece of the puzzle for our still unclear path to NC. Re was at a baby shower today and one of the girls there (who doesn’t know anything about this story, and I don’t think is even a Christian) ‘mentioned’ that she had two free tickets on Alaska/Horizon that were open ended and she was giving them away. It seems it’s some kind of perk her husband gets at work but they

Update from Rick

2008-05-10T17:52:00.000-07:00

I just got this text message from Rick Randall who is at Morningstar RIGHT NOW: ‘They are preaching [Isaiah] 61. Definite healings happening! My doubts and questions are gone. It started the day before our last camp.

Trying to stay current

2008-05-10T17:12:00.000-07:00

So yesterday (Friday) clearly had a significant degree of Jesus on it, but I’m at a bit of a loss to put it into the current context. Maybe somebody else will find a connection that I’m missing. For the record, I did get another Charlotte yesterday. As I walked into the convention center that I’ll talk about in a moment, I glanced at a TV that was playing in the lobby. The banner at the bottom

And now for something completely different

2008-05-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note on how easy it can be to screw this walking with God thing up. I was a few key strokes away from reporting another ‘sign’ here that had to do with the space heater in Odin’s room. In short, I was suddenly struck yesterday by the name on the heater, ‘Lakeland.’ And how, in God’s inimitable way, Lakeland is the city in Florida where the HS breakout that I’ve been talking about in

From a recent email...

2008-05-10T15:01:00.001-07:00

On 5/9/08 8:34 PM, Ken wrote: Chris, Yeah, something bigger I believe is around the corner, and what you are saying definitely makes sense. Yes, you may share my story with the group. The next part of the journey that God is calling me to, is another prayer journey on May 17. I would hope to have the BCNW team members be in prayer over what God's plan is in this, and if possible during

Now it's spreading...

2008-05-10T14:40:00.000-07:00

I dropped a quick line in here a few days ago that a friend of mine from BCNW, Rick Randal, felt moved by the story here to go out to Charlotte himself and check out what was going on there. Rick has a great sense of what a given situation is on the spiritual plane and so I’m very interested in his impressions. Check out his blog here: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&

The Story, Part two

2008-05-08T14:35:00.000-07:00

...Can I just say I wish there was a way to reorganize these posts to fall in opposite order. As it is, it’s like a viewer stumbles by and starts at the end of the current thread...if that’s you, go back to http://the-m-blog.blogspot.com/2008/04/waiting.html and read up from there. OK – so in our last installment, our hero had his bag packed and was getting ready to drive to the airport and see

The Story

2008-05-08T13:10:00.001-07:00

OK – I promised to tell the story that got me to this point and I reckon my lunch break is a good time to do that. Once upon a time... Sometime in 2007, and frankly I forget the circumstances now, I became convinced that God wanted me to attend a conference at Morningstar Ministries called the Worship and Warfare conference (which was in late October). I should make it clear that I was

More aftershocks...

2008-05-08T12:18:00.001-07:00

Yeah, these are little things but they continue to speak to me that God is still moving on this one thread... I walk out of the bank yesterday to see a lone parked car on the long Newberg street. Where is the license plate from? North Carolina of course. (Kris, I know you’ll appreciate that one with your Newberg plate story) Also from the bank (hmmm...I wonder if somehow that’s germane?) They

Playing Catch Up...

2008-05-08T08:35:00.001-07:00

OK, In my last post I said that I owed an explanation, and I reckon but first, a couple brief amendments to this unfolding story since there continues to be action here: The breakout, or whatever you want to call it, is still going on at Morningstar. If anything, it’s increasing. So that aspect of the equation remains live. I’ve come to believe that Rebekah should come with me on this trip. As

...still waiting

2008-05-06T12:29:00.000-07:00

I owe everybody and explanation to be sure, and I'll be getting to that, but right now I just want to make a quick post.Last week I was pretty certain that God wanted me to be in Charlotte, NC...for something. But I didn't know what.Now I know:http://www.morningstarministries.org/Publisher/Article.aspx?id=1000031456Just to cut to the chase, I'm convinced that God STILL wants me to get to

...waiting...

2008-04-30T15:12:00.001-07:00

So I’m sitting here in the Coffee Cottage waiting for God to show up and provide me a way to get to Charlotte, NC where I think I’m supposed to meet somebody. So far...no ticket.

You're a Word from Heaven

2008-04-05T15:20:00.000-07:00

As a birthday gift, Rebekah brought me up to Seattle to see an artist I am really digging these days named Jason Upton (http://www.jasonupton.net/). Jason is part of what some people are calling prophetic worship, which I guess is as good a name as any. But if you haven’t heard him before...DO. His style is to linger on a few phrases, but ruminate on these words over and over again as if in

'Show me side-to-side...'

2008-04-01T22:13:00.000-07:00

I think I had a genuine epiphany today. I’ve mentioned here that a little over a year ago I had God amend my ‘name.’ Prior to our 2007 Advanced camp God had been talking to me a lot about my nature as a warrior, the symbol of which (no mystery) was a sword. But as we drove home form that camp he gave me a new picture: a sword with a snake wrapped around it. The image was specifically reminiscent

Seven Pillars of Society

2008-03-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

I just heard this from Kris Voltron. There are seven pillars of society: Justice The law is a facilitator of justice. The law only has purpose in bringing about and sustaining justice. When a society looses it’s grip on justice, the law begins to serve itself and taking on a life of its own. This creates a culture where peace officers become law enforcement officers and justice courts become

Fleeting Thought

2008-03-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

There’s been this thing rolling around in my head recently. It’s a thought that has yet to really resolve but I really want to jot down what I have so far because I think it’s important...and God asked me to put it here instead of my journal. In the story (in John I’m pretty sure) where Jesus is talking about how the sheep hear his voice and they follow him, he also says something to the effect

New Yapping

2008-03-14T14:38:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to drop off two new audio files:The Warrior HeartFinding Your CallingHave at it...

Aurora

2008-03-08T14:33:00.001-08:00

The following story is totally true, at least as much as I remember it. However, it’s lingered around in my drafts folder for these years because I really don’t know what to think of it... In my life, there have been a few...um...let’s call hem mega-goals. Not mega as in particularly huge really, but mega in that I really see now real way in which they might happen. Maybe long-shot goals is a

Disappointment

2008-03-02T15:56:00.000-08:00

Several nights ago now Odin had the distinct pleasure of eating sausage for dinner - one of his favorite things. And by the time it was over he was crying in great heaving sobs. Allow me to ‘splain. I had made the mistake of cutting up roughly half a sausage into bite size bits and placing the small pile of meat on the high chair in front of him. In what is a relatively new behavior, he started

Please welcome...

2008-03-02T14:29:00.000-08:00

It is my distinct pleasure to announce the late but always fashionable arrival of my love, my life, my wife. Rebekah: http://travellingmouse.blogspot.com/

Breakthrough

2008-02-20T23:56:00.000-08:00

Back in December, I wrote an entry that included this cryptic comment about coming very close to loosing my business...I reckon I ought to explain what that was about and also include some of the developments and hindsight that's come from that.As far as the facts go, when Dec 1 rolled around it was payday at Code-Monkeys and there was no money in the till - which meant nobody got a paycheck.

We call it warfare

2008-02-17T21:23:00.000-08:00

I heard a voice that criedBalder the beautifulis dead, is deadThe Word makes it clear that there is a time to rejoice, and a time to mourn. It also says that those who mourn are blessed - because they will be comforted. The last month and more has been a time of great mourning for me for a good and precious man, a kind of Balder in his own right, has taken a well-aimed bullet from the hater of

Reflection

2007-12-13T22:30:00.000-08:00

I find myself in an interesting frame of mind. It’s part exhausted, part exhilarated. I’m partially overwhelmed, and somehow anxious for more. I’m living in a moment that is powerfully spiritual but almost cloyingly material. There is so much to say about the last few months. Simply telling the stories would take several pages and yet even these few words seem premature in some way. Perhaps

Another New Sermon

2007-12-03T10:50:00.001-08:00

Yeah so I actually got the opportunity to finish the thoughts I had started in the last sermon on authority, obedience and submission. So this sermon (see Strange Fire part 2 in sidebar) and the last should be seen as a single...very...very...long thought.

New Sermon

2007-11-02T15:58:00.001-07:00

New sermon...and new section added to the sidebar. See audio links on the right.

Quick Link

2007-09-24T17:57:00.000-07:00

Some folks have asked for these, so here’s a link to the stuff I’ve been saying when they give me the mic: http://www.code-monkeys.com/clients/home/mp3s.cfm

Sober Smiles

2007-09-24T16:57:00.000-07:00

You know, I was just about ready to not mention this to any broader audience, but now that Botrager has sent out an announcement to several people, I see that I'd get busted if I failed to at least mention this here.I've been given the true honor of being selected as an elder in my church. The elders occupy a somewhat ambiguous position in a four square church as they have no voting role, and in

Wonderful News

2007-08-23T22:07:00.001-07:00

Just a quick post to share some wonderful news. Odin was in the hospital the other day where he took a swallow test to check the interior diameter of his throat. For anyone not in the know, he’s been going to the hospital about every three weeks since he was born to stretch that point in his throat where they had to sew everything back together. The procedure itself isn’t terribly tricky, it’s

Oh my gosh...it's all real!

2007-08-05T18:12:00.001-07:00

See: http://the-m-blog.blogspot.com/2007/07/denial.html There’s an elderly woman at my church, let’s call her Tina. Tina has a granddaughter who we will call Suzy. Suzy is pregnant. Two weeks ago, Suzy was told by her doctor that her 20 week old baby was dead in her womb. Suzy scheduled an appointment for Thursday the 2nd to have the corpse removed. One week ago today, Tina asked the TFC prayer

Getting It

2007-07-26T22:57:00.001-07:00

I only have a moment here, but allow me to direct your attention to a dear friend of mine: http://luckysevencatranch.blogspot.com/2007/07/forty-years-to-getting-it-part-three_26.html Fish is...well...effusive in this post but if you don’t have the time to read it her point is so fresh, and so ancient and so incredibly important I just had to pick it up for a moment. God loves me. I’m amazed at

Denial

2007-07-11T21:57:00.001-07:00

I heard something on the radio the other day and it got me thinking. How much is my life with Christ hindered by fear of living in denial? How much is it hindered by my fear of other people thinking I’m living in denial? I remember an entry a while back that I wrote that fear had suddenly appeared to me as the mother of all Christian hang-ups. In Dune they say ‘fear is the mind killer’ but even