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Episode 023 – Lies We Hear and Speak

What are the voices in your head saying about You? What is the recurring image, picture, or perception which plays like a broken record? No, you are not crazy. These are LIES! What you are experiencing is the work of the evil one seeking to disrupt, distort, and destroy God’s creation life. The Apostle John […]

Episode 022 – Who are You?

How do you respond when someone asks “what do you do?” A simple, and cultural normal greeting, but isn’t the question somewhat limiting. Are you only identifiable as your vocation? Is your identity limited to your career? True, your vocations may tell me quite about about you but it will never reveal who you truly […]

Episode 020 – Expectancy or Expectation

Do you live with Expectancy or with Expectations? Is there even a difference in these two words? is your future one of expectant hope or littered with rigid expectations. Are you surrendered to the journey of faith or trying to control the outcomes? Tune in this week for a discussion about how living with Expectancy […]

Episode 019 – Imperfectly Gifted

Do you struggle with perfectionism? No? Not you? Ask someone close to you, like a spouse, if you are unsure. Then be willing, very willing and brave, to hear the truth. Perfectionism is the death to our soul and poisons everyone around us; such as family and even in the workplace. Have you ever worked […]

Episode 018 – Why Not Me?

Dreaming? Turn your “Why Me?” into “Why Not Me?” Have you ever asked yourself “why me?” We all have. Usually when faced with seemingly impossible situations or confronts with the unfulfilled dreams. The challenge to following our dreams is to ask ourselves, “Why Not me?” and then take the next logical step. A few good […]

Episode 015 – Rearrange the Furniture

Sometimes our normal, or the familiar, needs to be “re-arranged”. Whether your “normal” is good or bad it is the thing which shapes your being. Our challenge is to overcome those “bad” components by allowing the Holy Spirit to re-arrange your furniture. Tune in and invite your friends to subscribe the podcast. Don’t forget to […]

Episode 008 – Conflicted Holidays

The holiday season is a joyous and wondrous time…or, at least it should be. Many folks find themselves battling unexpected feelings and emotions when considering the upcoming interactions with family and friends. Tune in and invite your friends to subscribe to the podcast. Subscribe on iTunes to the CounterPoint podcast I was Just Thinking with […]

Living Community Part One

The next few posts will be about what it means and requires to be a true and living “community.” To move beyond oneself and truly engage the world around us. To realize that there is more to life than simply waking up, going to work, coming home, and doing it all over again the next […]

Outside the Box 7

Freedom to Live Loved Not knowing, at a primal level, that we are profoundly loved is possibly one of the biggest problems in society today. Think about it…what is at the root of nearly every instance of someone acting out against others or sinning in a variety of ways? We don’t really understand that we […]

Community 2

Is the church of today intended to reflect culture or should culture reflect the church? Or possibly both? Maybe neither? The entertainment industry justifies their corrupt products (movies, music, etc) by claiming to only be a reflection of the society around them. Thus they are somehow relating to their audience. (Talk about a cop out.)

Image: Manifestation of Imagination by Erwin McManus

The hard work of materializing our dreams Write a manifesto declaring the kind of world you will create. Make a list of things in your imagination that would make the world better if they became a reality. Identify everything you could do now to make your life a closer reflection of the one you long […]

voices

Voice: The Narrative That Guides – The hard work of finding our own voice Think through all the voices that have informed you throughout your life. Write down each and every person who has influenced you for good or bad. Identify what their narrative for your life was and how it has shaped you. Make […]