I recently spoke at Elmwood Correctional and attempted to give the men a sense of destiny. As I thought about who gave it to me I recalled that when I graduated from high school neither one of my parents sat down with me and asked me about what college I was thinking...

Genesis 3:3-5, Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the...

As I had mentioned in my previous post I had attended a Boot Camp for Men a week ago. One of the things I observed in many of the men during the ministry time for the father wound teaching was this despair as they faced the depth of the wound. Many of the men...

This past weekend I attended a Boot Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A couple of hundred men from all over the state of California registered to find answers for their questions. Men were looking for healing, direction, identity, wisdom, and purpose. Throughout the...

Several years ago, I was getting ready for a wedding that I was a part of as a groomsmen. I wanted to take some pictures so I started looking for my camera. Suddenly I recall that it had been stolen a few months previous at another wedding. So I called my sister and...

The will of God is something I've been thinking about lately. And of course it is probably the most asked question I get from others, "What is the will of God for my life?" I was told years ago that the scriptures reveal to us God's will. They tell us what to do and...

A friend of mine posted the following notes from a John Wimber message (back in the day): “Since you can't know all the answers and have a certain methodology or anything other than dependence on the Spirit. The Spirit (of God) is serendipitous, spontaneous and...

We've just completed another round of our eleven week healing class here at The River Church Community. On our last night we hear from some of the participants powerful stories of healing during their time in The Healing Path. As we rejoiced, wept, and laughed that...

This past Sunday I spoke about the woman with the “issue” of blood (Matthew 9:18-26). The religious law of that day condemned her to a belief that she was soiled and unworthy. As I prepared the teaching the word “issue” stood out for me as I thought about my struggle...

During our time of prayer for our Healing Path group last Monday night I had this clear picture of a wild horse with a bit in it's mouth. There was a hand firmly gripping that "bit" pulling as hard as it could to tame the beast within. For those of you that don't get...