Street Lights: John

We’re currently in a season at Mercy Street called Street Lights. If you’re interested, you can listen or watch the talks here. Light and Life go together. To get in on God’s life we have to get in on God’s light. That light pours into our lives and through our lives to illuminate darkness. Light always pushes darkness away. Light is ALWAYS more powerful than darkness. Not only is the story of Jesus that he is the light of the world, but we are the light of the world too as his light lights us up. Something beautiful happens in this as we allow God’s light through us to light up and give life to the world in which we live and the story in which we find ourselves.

I’ll be posting short video vignettes of some remarkable folks from Mercy Street who are radiating examples of the light-splendor of God.

This is John.

Street Lights: Wes

We’re currently in a season at Mercy Street called Street Lights. If you’re interested, you can listen or watch the talks here. Light and Life go together. To get in on God’s life we have to get in on God’s light. That light pours into our lives and through our lives to illuminate darkness. Light always pushes darkness away. Light is ALWAYS more powerful than darkness. Not only is the story of Jesus that he is the light of the world, but we are the light of the world too as his light lights us up. Something beautiful happens in this as we allow God’s light through us to light up and give life to the world in which we live and the story in which we find ourselves.

I’ll be posting short video vignettes of some remarkable folks from Mercy Street who are radiating examples of the light-splendor of God.

This is Wes.

Street Lights: Craig

We’re currently in a season at Mercy Street called Street Lights. If you’re interested, you can listen or watch the talks here. Light and Life go together. To get in on God’s life we have to get in on God’s light. That light pours into our lives and through our lives to illuminate darkness. Light always pushes darkness away. Light is ALWAYS more powerful than darkness. Not only is the story of Jesus that he is the light of the world, but we are the light of the world too as his light lights us up. Something beautiful happens in this as we allow God’s light through us to light up and give life to the world in which we live and the story in which we find ourselves.

I’ll be posting short video vignettes of some remarkable folks from Mercy Street who are radiating examples of the light-splendor of God.

This is Craig.

Street Lights: Elizabeth

We’re currently in a season at Mercy Street called Street Lights. If you’re interested, you can listen or watch the talks here. Light and Life go together. To get in on God’s life we have to get in on God’s light. That light pours into our lives and through our lives to illuminate darkness. Light always pushes darkness away. Light is ALWAYS more powerful than darkness. Not only is the story of Jesus that he is the light of the world, but we are the light of the world too as his light lights us up. Something beautiful happens in this as we allow God’s light through us to light up and give life to the world in which we live and the story in which we find ourselves.

I’ll be posting short video vignettes of some remarkable folks from Mercy Street who are radiating examples of the light-splendor of God.

This is Elizabeth.

Fight To Rescue New CD: Usher In

Usher In

Check out the new CD from my friend and Mercy Street mission partner, Richard Gandy and Fight To Rescue. Just released!

Get this CD.

Purchase on  iTunes.

Link to the Fight To Rescue Myspace  page for the music preview.

Street Lights: Tony

We’re currently in a season at Mercy Street called Street Lights. If you’re interested, you can listen or watch the talks here. Light and Life go together. To get in on God’s life we have to get in on God’s light. That light pours into our lives and through our lives to illuminate darkness. Light always pushes darkness away. Light is ALWAYS more powerful than darkness. Not only is the story of Jesus that he is the light of the world, but we are the light of the world too as his light lights us up. Something beautiful happens in this as we allow God’s light through us to light up and give life to the world in which we live and the story in which we find ourselves.

I’ll be posting short video vignettes of some remarkable folks from Mercy Street who are radiating examples of the light-splendor of God.

This is Tony.

Street Lights: Russell

We’re currently in a season at Mercy Street called Street Lights. If you’re interested, you can listen or watch the talks here. Light and Life go together. To get in on God’s life we have to get in on God’s light. That light pours into our lives and through our lives to illuminate darkness. Light always pushes darkness away. Light is ALWAYS more powerful than darkness. Not only is the story of Jesus that he is the light of the world, but we are the light of the world too as his light lights us up. Something beautiful happens in this as we allow God’s light through us to light up and give life to the world in which we live and the story in which we find ourselves.

I’ll be posting short video vignettes of some remarkable folks from Mercy Street who are radiating examples of the light-splendor of God.

This is Russell.

Calling: Life-Speak

Here are the questions from my two-talk series on Calling called Life-Speak. To better understand what these questions are about, listen to the two talks on our website, watch the video, or download to iTunes by clicking on this link: Mercy Street talks.

Is your Re-call louder than God’s call?

When you listen to your life, what is it saying?

What choices do you need to make to let your life speak for the most good?

How can you open yourself up more to receive God’s gift of being made fully-alive?

Coming Alive: When do you sense that you’re most fully-alive—this is what I was made for?

Context: How can you be fully-alive where you are right now?

Community: What do you hear God speaking to you through the people in your life?

Beauty In Brokenness

In his book, Return of the Prodigal, Henri Nouwen moves us into the mystery of the father’s embrace of his returning renegade, broken younger son. Describing what’s going on between the loving father and the broken son, Nouwen writes,

The truth of the matter is that the son is dressed in rags that betray the great misery that lies behind him. In the context of a compassionate embrace, our brokenness may appear beautiful, but our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it. (p. 35)

Men and women who are truly filled with light…

“Men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their imperfect existence.”

–Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel