Intimacy with God is our only hope for maturity, power and happiness. It was intended that we be friends of God God is love—thus relating to Him in any other context is less than our highest invitation. He has invited, beckoned and even required us to love Him. To lean in and hear the secrets [...]

Here is the list of the posts that have been submitted so far for the Group Writing Project on Intimacy with God. Go read them and comment on their sites and link to your favorite ones on your site.

I just received a few more invites to the Virb Beta site and wanted to give one away to you guys. What better procedure than to have another giveaway on the site? I love these things (and I know you do too. Don’t deny it). This one is fun and easy! To enter all you [...]

You can stop holding your breath now… It’s here. I couldn’t keep it hidden any longer. Say hello to the new and beautiful FTSA theme, “Fighting Clean.” Thank-you so much to all who helped me beta test the theme. Especially Ian, Ben and Michaela. UPDATE: After a handful of comments about the header title and [...]

My worship team is in Galatians 5 at the moment and the idea of as we live, we are sowing into either the Spirit or the flesh for every decision we make. Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh wars against the Spirit, and the [...]

My new version of FTSA is nearly done. I need a few people to browse through it, check links, leave comments and try to break something. If you would like to be a beta tester I am opening it up to everyone that comments on this posts. I’ll contact you with the details and the [...]

* I didn’t say a cup of black coffee… After brewing some blue mesa blend, I went to add the cream. But there was only a few drops left. Fortunately there was another carton waiting for me. Before I poured it though, I did the standard sniff check… WHOAH! sour city. So after pouring the [...]

“It is a strange and beautiful eccentricity of the free God that He has allowed His heart to be emotionally identified with men. Self-sufficient as He is, He wants our love and will not be satisfied till He gets it. Free as He is, He has let His heart be bound to us forever. Where [...]

So this morning I was really excited about having a bowl of cereal. I poured my Cheerios and got the milk out. I always smell the milk before I pour it. Even if I just bought it and it’s ultra-homogonized and isn’t going to expire for 6 months. I smell it. Today, it was bad. [...]