Tag: RELATIONSHIP
-
Pure character
How do you know it when you’ve met someone of great character? It often comes with someone has been broken and fractured by life but has come back better not bitter . These are the people that are sometimes hard to spot, but you’ll know them when you meet them… they have all the time…
-
Family implosion… The conclusion
When your family blows up for no fault to your own, what you do as a parent? When the problems and concerns becomes so chronic that people begin to fight… Then part ways… It becomes critical mass. That’s when restoration and the process of recognizing what’s happening is critical. Forgiveness is critical. Process is critical.…
-
Hearing God‘s voice
I got up at 3 AM on Easter morning and I could not sleep so I went to the living room and got quiet and prayed. Sometimes God’s impressions on my mind are very rare and other times they’re pretty concrete and distinct… This was the latter. It was a really simple impression that… I…
-
Family, drama and heartbreak part #1.
Every family has at some point a big heartbreak or dividing point. Ours is no different… The content of the heartbreak is not what I want to address… It’s the process in which we address and go through the heartbreak that is key here It all started with gossip and backdoor communication and not going…
-
Blindsiding hurt
We have all experienced some like this… Someone that we were close to completely turns on us and cuts off the relationship for reasons, unknown… The classic blindside… Super, super hurtful! This happened to us! Our adult kids felt like there were some issues and sent us a text and ask for no more communication…
-
Hearing God’s heart
I’m fascinated with the notion of God, speaking to individuals and having a personal connection with humans and mankind. Knowing my mission as a Christian is to connect with God and others, this prompts me to make it real and practical… What is this look like? How is this practice? What are best practices going…
-
The joy of podcasting
Editing my 25th podcast of 100% Humboldt today, I realized what a joy. This is to talk to local people and hear their amazing and colorful stories! What a great privilege to hear peoples perspective on the iconoclastic Humboldt County, California. i’ve made some discoveries, and they all have to do with people having true…
-
Core identity, and bearing with one another and a home church.
We’ve been building on a home church community for three months and it’s been amazing! Walls have come down and people wanna come very much family. It’s cool and it’s exciting and it’s really hard! People seem to want to return to secondary and tertiary issues and identities. What we have been reading in Ephesians…
-
Time flies!
Nine years ago this morning I got in my car and drove to my newly acquired State Farm office in Eureka California, and turned on the computer and I was up and running! Crazy to think how fast time flies! Nine years ago, I fulfilled a dream or at least begin one! It’s funny that…
-
Doing a Home church
We just finished doing two months of a home church at our house every Wednesday night. There were about 12 of us each time and it was amazing! We opened with rice and beans, and took a meal together, and then followed up by reading a chapter out of the book of Ephesians in the…