Creating space to experience the grace of Jesus Christ in your place of need
Redemption for Messy Families
it is often in the context of our families that we experience our brokenness the most. Thankfully, God loves to bring redemption out of messy families.
Burying Bones
a vision of restoration from Ezekiel 39
Mercy wins
Mama bear love, violent enemy hordes, and you… more hope from Ezekiel 38 & 39
The Bad Plan
What’s the worst idea you’ve ever had? I bet Abram’s in this week’s episode is worse.
Barbie Redemption
Unexpected redemption with a toy I used to hate.
Do It Again
Why is repetition in play so important and how does it point us to the gospel?
Crunchy
Walking through God’s promise to guide you in Isaiah 30:21.
Stuck
A New Year promise that Jesus will never leave you stuck.
Cedar Christmas!
God has a promise of redemption for you this Christmas.
Reenacting Redemption
how making art reveals God’s grace
Qualifications please.
Have you ever been in a situation where you have felt unqualified? When you had been weighed in the balances and found wanting?
Prime real estate
Jesus builds you together as a living temple, not one built on laws to keep sinners out but on blood to wash sinners clean.
Creation Groans
What do you do when your longing is not realized? When you are disappointed? It’s dangerous to long for better things if we are the answer. There is a trail of blood that says we are not.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
— John 12:24
Visual Art
When visual art connects to us, it puts pictures to the words we cannot find. It slips past our defenses and awakens us. It might awaken grief, anger, admiration, compassion, or anything else deep in our soul. It reminds us that we are more than our to-do list, more than our rational, logical endeavors. We long to feel alive. Our creativity tells on us.
I hope my creative journey (so far) in paint, charcoal, graphite, sharpie connects to you.
Music
Music has an amazing ability to penetrate past our rational defenses and cut straight to our needy and hurting places. It can agitate, open up, and soothe what is stuffed down and closed off. It is a powerful form of language that allows us to express what at times seems inexpressible, a release valve for our souls.
These are some of the songs that give voice to pieces of my journey. Perhaps they will connect to yours and hopefully open up the door for deeper understanding and grace for yourself and others. At the very least, I hope they sound good to you ;)
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