Tested again?
February 21, 2020
Sometimes God allows tests in our lives to prove what He has already taught us. Sometimes a test reveals we weren’t listening very well in the first place and need the lesson again. Mark Wanders
Category: Artisan Shorts
Room for the brilliant self
February 20, 2020
“To show up as my BRILLIANT self, I must be able to show up WHOLLY as myself.” paraphrased from Bozoma Saint John We’ve been fed too many lies from others as to how we “have to” show up. We were created unique, purposefully, and with care. People shine when they are given room to flourish … More Room for the brilliant self
Loving difficult people
February 17, 2020
Loving the difficult people in our life is a reminder of God loving us.
Happiness
January 29, 2020
Funny how ‘I’ is the center of HAPP-I-NESS. Maybe a warning if we’re a little to zealous in pursuing it.
All of us fail…
September 16, 2019
All of us fail… but we are not all failures. Failure is an event, not a person. Embrace failure as life’s lessons towards growth, maturity and success.
Do One Thing Different Everyday
August 9, 2019
We are such creatures of habit. We often do things the same way. We get up the same way, we go through the same morning routines, drive the same route, stop at the same coffee shop, park in the same spot, sit in the same chair at meetings. We might even have the same work … More Do One Thing Different Everyday
Share the Road
July 7, 2019
Maybe you’ve seen the sign. ‘Share the Road’. Think eternal. Share the narrow road that leads to eternal life. Every life counts. Make room for someone to join you. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small … More Share the Road
Seating or Sending Capacity?
July 4, 2019
Often with church we think about seating capacity. We build, gather, and grow (mostly internally) retaining our people and then dividing. Not a bad thing… but what if we thought bigger. Not bigger buildings, but bigger impact. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending … More Seating or Sending Capacity?
Grace
June 20, 2019
Grace is shockingly personal. Paraphrasing Henri Nouwen, imagine this…that God rejoices not because the problems of the world have been solved nor because all human pain and suffering have come to an end nor because thousands of people have been converted and are praising him… no, God rejoices because ONE sinner who was lost has … More Grace
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