Today, on the Pasture’s Advent Podcast: John 4:27-42 “We’re talking about the ultimate human misfit during this Advent. Not only to the general public (pretty much nobody like Samaritans), but even among her own tribe she was a reject.

  This week, on ‘The Pasture’s Podcast’ for Advent: Jesus told her about heavenly water and said it’s just for her. It can’t be bought or earned. It’s given by the Ladle of Grace. Once offered, though, Truth kicked in: “But you have to tell the truth a...

  This week, on ‘The Pasture’s Podcast’ for Advent: Jesus told her about heavenly water and said it’s just for her. It can’t be bought or earned. It’s given by the Ladle of Grace. Once offered, though, Truth kicked in: “But you have to tell the truth a...

Advent Cry: Why are You so interested in me? Can you relate? “…As she nears the well with fevered thoughts she pulls up because there is a Man who appears to know she’s arriving. It’s as if He’s waiting there for her. She gingerly steps toward Him,

    O Samaria, My Samaria! We each have ‘Samarias’ in our hearts where there are found secrets, fears, follies, rejections, and hurts..and, just as the Savior does for this poor misfit and outcast in John 4,

Meet Wesley.  About three years ago, as I was seeing our young guys’ community group grow, I kept hearing about this Wesley kid who was on something called “The World Race” and had contracted malaria and was in desperate need of our prayer.

*     *     *     * John Brown is my friend. He is also my brother and mentor, but, because mentor misses a certain organic nuance, I prefer to name him as a spiritual father the Lord has given to me. For the past fifteen years,

Join me, won’t you, for a second sit-down with my friend and mentor, John Brown. Our dialogue is about hearing the voice of God and distinguishing His voice from our own, or from a more nefarious source. Oh No, He Didn’t! Did He? In today’s episode,

This week I sat down with my father in the faith and asked him about hearing God’s voice for ourselves. As per usual, John was insightful, humble and quotable. I’m honored to share with you, in these series of podcasts, my friend and mentor,

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” Genesis 15:1 - *     *     *     *     *     * How many times have we come off a spiritual and moral victory - a...