1 Chronicles has really spoken to me since arriving in India, and chapter 29 in particular has resonated as we revisit our vision of GO: to move so we can reach more people, to multiply other campuses and to do missions.  As you consider what the Lord would have you to do over the next 2 [...]

I so wish I could be at CLC today as we continue our series, “Qualified to be Multiplied”.  In fact, today’s message is so important to the vision of the house that I preached it to an empty room so it could be videotaped and shared with the whole CLC family today - and I’m [...]

Chris & I are off to Chandighar, India in about an hour, after spending the last couple of days in New Delhi.  This will be a new adventure, as we’ll take a motorized rickshaw (basically a motorbike with an enclosed seat attached) from our hotel to the train station, where we’ll board a train for [...]

After the longest day of my life (I’ll save that for another post), I’m finally online to check-in with you as we continue our 21-day adventure.  By now, the middle of the fast, it’s quite possible that you’re getting weary of choosing to deny yourself.  It’s usually about now that it becomes somewhat of a [...]

Chris & I will be boarding a plane in a few minutes to travel to India for a pastor’s conference sponsored by Global Advance.  We weren’t originally scheduled to do this one, and I would never have chosen to be away during this special ‘vision-casting’ series at CLC, but after the sudden & untimely death [...]

As I’ve already said, my devotional reading last week resulted in lots of Scripture jumping out at me.  Here’s the last one from that very inspirational morning: Nahum 1:7.
First, let me say that Nahum is not one of my favorite books of the Bible; I’m not sure I’ve ever preached from one of its texts [...]

One of the most common misconceptions of fasting is that our self-denial will somehow get God’s attention and ‘force’ Him to hear us (even though Isa 58:4 should have settled that long ago.) 
Instead, one of the truest benefits of fasting is to unstop our ears so that we can hear Him clearly.  So I want [...]

Yesterday when I read from Micah 7:1-6 I was struck by how depressing yet accurate it was, even for our times.  As Micah described his own misery, he observed how it seemed that godly people were AWOL and that people instead plotted evil.  I had to smile at his description of ambidextrous: both their hands are [...]

My Bible reading this morning gave me several things to consider, so I’ll share them over the next few days here.  Let’s begin with the familiar story in 1Chronicles 21:22-26.  I know you’ve probably heard sermons about David not wanting to offer something to God that had cost him nothing, but I’m not interested in [...]

Is it getting a little harder to do without whatever you’re fasting with us?  It sure is for me….but that’s part of the benefit of fasting…to say with our actions (and maybe our voice), “Lord, as much as I want that, I want You more!”  So let me encourage you to stay the course and [...]