An Open Door – The Heart of a Child
A blizzard, a dog, and a picture that captured my heart. Last week my brother and his family ventured off to sunny Southern California and asked us to look after their dog Daisy. While they were making sand castles at the beach I was trying to navigate through one of the worst Colorado blizzards on […]
An Open Door – A Greater One
Talk about a long time ago! I was just a young, seminarian who thought he knew all the answers back then. You can’t imagine how surprised I was to receive a letter from a man I met more than 25 years ago at Folsom Prison. Vance is the one I credit for opening the door […]
An Open Door – The Divine Adventure
Last week Tuesday my friend Steve emailed me about a radio interview he heard with John Ortberg, a pastor who authored the book, All The Places To Go How Will You Know? God has placed before you an open door. What will you do? This was quite astounding as I had just posted a […]
An Open Door – The Gift of Disappointment
A few weeks ago a young man told me that while praying God gave him this text to share with me: “See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut,” Rev. 3:8 After receiving this scripture I read and reread Jesus’s words to the church in Philadelphia. Asking God what […]
40 Day Prayer Challenge – Join the Movement
My daughter Sarah just tried to order Draw the Circle, the 40-Day Prayer Challenge, by Mark Batterson for some friends and told me it was out of stock! What a great problem to me this signifies that the Holy Spirit is up to something. I want to thank those of you who committed to praying […]
40 Days of Prayer – Prayer Discipleship
I found one of the best ways to fulfill Jesus’ command to “Go and make disciples of all nations” is by praying with others. When you pray with another person somehow you enter into God’s Holy presence and His Spirit seals your hearts together with His. Over my years serving in the ministry I have […]
