April 2008

posted on April 27, 2008

I’m back home after this amazing Tour. It was beautiful, and exhausting. A marathon, and God was in it. It was demanding, and hard, but mostly it was beautiful. And filled with greater meaning. Something really important is taking place. Something really big.

Several years ago I was backpacking alone in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness in Colorado. It’s something I try and do once a year, that is, head to the high country for some time alone with God. I was camped on a high shelf in a high valley. It was June, and there were still patches of snow. The days were warm but the nights were cold. One evening after dinner I was just sitting in camp as the sun set, not really wanting to go to bed but too cold to enjoy the evening. I was...

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Jesus and Pot

posted on April 17, 2008

A quick update from Dallas. It went
pretty well last night. Standing room only crowd and lots of eager and
open hearts to God. How beautiful. The last part of the evening each
night is Q & A. Had a first last night – a guy asked a very long
and sincere (and vulnerable) question about smoking pot and what does
Jesus think about that. I’m crackin up. Never had that one before. (Now
you’re wondering what I said. I told him that apart from legal issues
of concern, there is the whole issue the scripture speaks to when it
forbids drunkenness, how we don’t want to do anything that diminishes
our ability to apprehend or walk with God, to discern him clearly. In
my past life, I had...

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On the Road

posted on April 16, 2008

Whew. Okay, we are off and running. Meant to get this posted Monday, but the Tour pace has been crazy. Had the first event of the Tour Sunday night in Nashville (which was also simulcast and webcast all over). Because Jesus is good, and I know he is faithful, I’m going to say that it went well. But man was it tough. The day was full of distraction and harassment. Getting lost. Showing up at the wrong location. Running late. It was hard to stay focused. A lot of moving parts, with a brand new event, a new talk for me, so many different people running around, and of course, the warfare. Thank you for praying. We couldn’t have done it without you. I really do believe it went well. I think the webcast is going to remain available for awhile...

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God spoke to me through a ketchup bottle last week

posted on April 08, 2008

I was on this guys trip, sort of a men’s
retreat/fishing excursion, with a group of guys I don’t know real well.
Anyhow, the fishing was lousy and so was the weather and we were
getting pretty discouraged about that. (At least, I sure was). I was
praying about it in my room one morning before breakfast, and I sensed
God say, “Teach them to pray.” Meaning, explain what you think is going
on, and show them how you pray about this sort of thing. I was
reluctant. I wasn’t sure what their take would be, and I didn’t want to
come off as the fruit cake in the group.

But, over breakfast I suggested we pray about the weather and the
fishing. “Huh,” said one guy. “I don’t think about...

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