When we planted Vineyard North Phoenix with 12 people in 1985, it was beyond my wildest dreams that the church would ever be as large as it is now and that we would see the […]
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Be Strong and Have Courage
Be Strong and Have Courage Honestly, has there ever been a time in our lives that we needed more to hear, “Be strong and courageous!” The last couple of years have been bonkers and it […]
Gratitude
Have you ever made a gratitude list? I have an ongoing gratitude list in the back of one of my journals. I was inspired to start this list after reading the book “One Thousand Gifts” […]
Living in the Pain of the Gap
Awhile back, in a message, Brian spoke about “living in the pain of the gap”. This referred to the Kingdom of God where we live in the “already and the not yet”. God’s Kingdom is […]
Real Time and Clock Time
Time sometimes needs to be converted. There is Chronis, mere chronological time, and there is Kairos, a New Testament Greek word having to do with opportunity, with moments that seem ripe for their intended purposes. […]
It’s Time!
Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: I think it is time. Time to jump back into church life and community. Time to serve. Time […]
Love your Neighbor as Yourself
Philipians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. NIV One of the things I love about Jesus is His humility and love of all people—to […]
Busy? or Better?
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed–or only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” […]
Time for Reflection
2021 is drawing to a close. It is a good time for reflection. Following are a few questions I recently read online: What is the greatest lesson I learned this year? What were the 2 […]
If These Walls Could Talk…
I remember when the walls of VCNP were being built and going up. If we could hear what the walls were “saying,” I think it would be about being part of something of eternal significance—it […]