Archive for 2007/04


What About Disobedience?

I am having a blessed time moving through the heartland this week. I was in Kansas City over the weekend with a broad smattering of different believers talking about this journey. I met some incredible people and hope I was helpful in encouraging others on this journey of living more deeply in the [...]

Want to Get Together?

Tomorrow I leave for the heartland with a stop this weekend in Kansas City, then Monday and Tuesday I’ll be in St. Louis, Wednesday in Springfield, IL and in the Quad Cities area of Iowa over the following weekeknd. I’ll be hanging out with some old friends meeting some new ones and might even [...]

I Just Gotta Listen Better…

One of the running jokes in our family is that you have to get my attention around the house before you can talk to me. Sometimes I’m so deep in thought about something or other that I tune out every other noise in the room. My wife and kids have learned to get [...]

The Shack: Finally Finished!

Finally! I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve spent on this amazing piece of fiction in the past 16 months, from rewrites to edits to layout and design to putting up the website, but the finish line is in sight. I can’t wait to share this book with so many of you [...]

Transformation Without Expectations

I got this email yesterday and it is one I get a lot from people who are trying to rethink the nature of sanctification outside the religious process of setting expectations and trying to coform people to them. I don’t that that’s exactly what this brother was asking, but it does invite that deeper [...]

I Had No Idea!

I got this email a few weeks ago, and thought it appropriate to share on this Good Friday. This is from a lady in South Carolina who has been recently been reading some of the materials from Lifestream.
I just had to share this with you. I went out to eat with some friends [...]