God dwells within you, as you. He has created each of us so uniquely, and desires to use us despite our imperfections. Amazing is our God as He chose to live through us as us, while empowering us to live in His Spirit led ways. As we become more like Him, He sets us free to become how He has designed us to be, in order for us to touch one another through a broad spectrum of languages, expressions and... Read more

Apparently this did not come from Bill Gates but from Charles Sykes in an article, Dumbing Down Our Kids Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it! Rule 2: The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.... Read more

Joyce and I would like to thank all of you who supported us on our trip to South Africa. We felt your prayers. We were in Johannesburg for nearly 3 weeks and spent a few purpose filled days in Cape Town. We went with a team of 10 from the USA and worked with teams from South Africa and Malaysia as we participated in what the Holy Spirit did in “Repurposing” lives and businesses into Kingdom reality and Kingdom purposes.... Read more

Can a nation be born in a day? You are that nation, you are that people, you are my people. Beyond America and nationalism, and in all nations, is a people called by my name. The shaking felt around the world is my doing. Many of you have asked, “Lord where are you in all of this? Have we not prayed? Where are you in my challenges? Where are you in my problems?” I say, “I am in them, around... Read more

God is well pleased when we work together in harmony to perform and achieve far beyond what we would accomplish separately. Community is a combined effort that yields a combined harvest. We fill each others gaps in humanity by coming together in His name and meeting life’s challenges. We all face things in life that are too big for us to handle alone. Where love and unity flourishes, people are blessed. Read more

Neil Cole & Frank Viola Discuss Missional Organic Church Keith Giles, who is a prolific author and blogger, recently interviewed Neil Cole and me on the subject of organic church. I really appreciate that Keith did this. My hope is that the interview will serve as a conversation starter on some important subjects. I’m breaking custom by publishing the entire interview on the blog today. Normally, my blog posts are fairly short, so my normal tendency would be to break this... Read more

When we gather together in God’s love, we are transformed not only individually but also as community. People from different ages and races, with different backgrounds and histories, become one body. Not only as individuals but also as community we become the living Christ to the world. As one body, we become a living witness of God’s immense desire to bring all peoples and nations together as the one family of God. Read more

LET THE OTHERS JUDGE.   There seems to be an ever-increasing number of what I will call reactionary “prophecies” with every new flood, earthquake, etc.  According to some, God is responding to the sinful condition of mankind by pouring out His judgments upon the earth.  Here’s another perspective: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself... Read more

Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who plans to burn copies of the Quran on 9/11, does not speak for charismatic Christians. Most of us reacted with a collective groan when we learned that the pastor of a small charismatic church in Gainesville, Fla., said he plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11. I was especially disappointed because I lived in Gainesville in my 20s. This man’s irresponsible plot has put a bustling college town in the crosshairs... Read more

We are God’s chosen and blessed children. We can live in His nature by giving of ourselves to others. When we live our brokenness under His blessings and guidance, our lives will bear fruit from generation to generation. The saints that lived before us brought forth fruit that remained and a continued legacy of God’s goodness. May it be so with us, that we live a life that touches eternity for all generations. Read more