on being prophetic (3)

I started really considering a possible prophetic gifting a couple of years ago. I started noticing that I tend to be a questioner, an agitator, a disturber. I liked to ask lots of questions about why we do this or that- what is the purpose? what are we trying to accomplish? are we accomplishing that? [...]

so i’m white…

So, since I don’t have a picture on this site, I should let you know that I am white. I grew up in the white-middle-upper-class-suburbia of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I had a few good friends who weren’t white growing up, but for the most part I lived in a very white midwestern culture. It wasn’t until [...]

on being prophetic (2)

When people think of “prophets” they may think of prophecies that predict the future. I used to think that was what the spiritual gift of prophecy is- some divine knowledge of future events. In some way that may be correct; God can give someone knowledge of the future to share with others. Really, though, prophets [...]

on being prophetic (1)

So I may totally be wrong, but I’m starting to believe that God made me with a little bit of a prophetic edge. In Ephesians 4:11-13 Paul writes:
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers to prepare God’s people [...]

vacation

I tend to a be a “delayed gratification” kinda person. Which means i like to leave the better stuff until later so I have something to look forward to. So this year Mike and I waited until the first week of June to take our vacation, even though we are moving in July to California.
We [...]