Have you ever found yourself in a difficult situation and then suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, someone steps forward with help or answers to the questions which are holding you back? Come with me, my friends, back to Jerusalem almost exactly 2500 years ago. Similar to today, tensions are very high in the city as we […]
Have you ever been traveling when suddenly an ominous sign appears in the road ahead of you: DETOUR!? Sometimes that sign is followed by another sign of explanation such as a bridge is out, or the road is blocked. Other times there’s no explanation and you have no options. If you’re going to continue your […]
Have you ever been part of a successful initiative which seems to be gaining good momentum, but it attracts the attention of those who, for whatever reason, are opposed to you and will do almost anything to stop the progress of your project or movement? That is what happened to the momentum which was growing in […]
In your life journey you have probably had some days of great celebration which built powerful memories, which when you think about them, bring you back to that moment and place, even if a long time ago. Today is one of those for my wife and me, our anniversary of the day we covenanted ourselves […]
We’ve all had the experience of TIME running much faster than we want it to, and sometimes we actually run OUT of TIME, or find ourselves far behind a time schedule. That is especially true in a rebuilding project, have you experienced that? Join me again please in Jerusalem about 2500 years ago. Everywhere you look […]
Have you ever been part of starting something significant with a group of other deeply committed people? Were you attempting a project much bigger than any one or two of you might have accomplished without a group of people and God’s miracles? Was your project something that would benefit many people for a very long time, […]
Hello my “Walking with Jesus” friends all (Click here to see full text, images and links) Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2) Have a comment or question about today’s chapter? I’m ready to hear from you, contact me here. […]
We’ve all had the experience of packing up for a long trip. Many of us have perhaps packed to move permanently to a far distant place. So, it should not be difficult for us to imagine what the Jewish exiles were doing in Babylon when I left you yesterday in Ezra 1:7, about 538bc. King Cyrus had […]
Have you ever stood in a place which has a dramatic history? Did you stand there looking around awed by what you understood had taken place there many years, perhaps centuries before? Join me again in Jerusalem 2000 years ago as the wonderful and traditional Jewish “Shavuot” (Pentecost) festival had become a radical, chaotic, […]
I have two questions to begin our week: * Did your weekend include a significant worship experience? * How will your weekend experience serve as a catalyst for how you live your life this week no matter where you are in the world? Please don’t rush past those two questions. Why? Because if your weekend did NOT include a […]
