God said “Wait”

May 23, 2019Posted inVillage Posts
When I was fired from my job in March, Layne and I found ourselves in an uncomfortable position. How were we going to replace that income in a way that would still allow Layne to spend time with our daughter, Saoirse, and allow me to continue doing the work that God has called me to at the Village? That first day we both felt God saying, “Wait.” We weren’t…

Reflections on “In The Fire”

March 28, 2019Posted inVillage Posts1 Comment
So much of my walk with God and His Word the last few years has been discovering the ways that the people I grew up thinking of as heroes of the Bible were actually broken, sinful people. They often did amazing things with God by their side, but they were nonetheless broken, sometimes following up those amazing acts with incredible acts of fear and sin. Another theme has been…

Psalm 63

October 16, 2017Posted inVillage Posts
In a dry and weary land, Where there are no running streams, We have dug one thousand wells And parched our tongues with broken dreams.   You, oh Lord, have said, "Return To me, the spring that quenches thirst. Stop, remember I have called You to me, who loved you first.   "You have wandered far from me. Yet I am ever close behind. Leave the empty cracked cisterns,…

Filled with Joy

January 6, 2015Posted inCrawford MC, Mark Crawford
I was listening to a podcast recently, when the host talked about having “outrage fatigue.” He said he felt like every morning he woke up and checked Twitter, almost as if he was trying to figure out what he was supposed to be angry about that day. There was a weariness to the persistent anger and despair of the world. That idea of “outrage fatigue” resonated with me. In…