Our Big Dream at CRISTA is to be fully surrendered to Christ and united in our mission. Recently, I had a conversation with someone who said, “I don’t think I am fully surrendered to Jesus. Maybe I am not a good enough Christian to work here.” First, I love the honesty and transparency this person […]
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Community
We recently took 25 of our top leaders at CRISTA away for a three-day retreat to Miracle Ranch. Our goal was to build community and spur more diversity. CRISTA actually has a lot of diversity but we want more. We want to reflect God’s kingdom more. The more we reflect what the Kingdom of God […]
The Battle is the Lord’s
I recently reread one of the most familiar stories in the Bible, the story of David and Goliath. This time around, I saw a new perspective on this amazing story. Not one other person would challenge the Philistine champion. All of Israel was in fear. When David volunteered to take on Goliath in hand-to-hand combat, […]
Let God Build
Men build religions. Webster’s dictionary defines religion as an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods. German philosopher and anthropologist Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach wrote in The Essence of Christianity that man creates God in His own image. In many ways, I find this to […]
Stand Firm, Walk Boldly
CRISTA’s annual week of prayer is coming up February 8-12, and I hope you’ll join me in lifting up our ministries here in Shoreline, and all over the world. The purpose of this week is to remind us that our work is only valuable if it springs from a personal and corporate commitment to worship […]
We’re Just Pilgrims Passing Through
The last month I attended three memorial services of people I knew well. Each service had several important similarities. First, they were all packed to capacity with family, friends and admirers. Second, people came from near and far to celebrate their lives. Yes, I said celebrate. People were present for the celebration of a life […]
Guarding Your Heart
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it,” Proverbs 4:23 “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart,” Proverbs 27:19 I recently typed the word “heart” into a New Testament word search. There are 149 verses that use the word heart in them. So I tried typing […]
The Questions Jesus Asked
I was reading an interview with a well-known leader who explained how he never spoke first in meetings. Instead, he always started with a question. I was immediately reminded of the questions Jesus asked in the New Testament. Some could think of Jesus primarily as a preacher or teacher, but so much of the New […]
The Lavish Love of God
Every year for the past thirty years I have gone fly fishing. For the last ten years, I’ve fished with a great friend named Larry. We choose a river somewhere in Montana, hang out, and fish all-day every-day for a week. And I mean fish. We hire a guide some days or go by ourselves […]
The Miracle of Seattle Urban Academy
This month I attended Seattle Urban Academy’s (SUA) “Miracle Event.” This is the annual dinner celebrating God’s work at SUA while raising support to keep it thriving. You might think it is hard to schedule a miracle. Yet every year I walk away feeling like I just experienced more than one. Seattle Urban Academy is […]