Lance Brown

We return to studying the minor prophets with Zephaniah. Journey with us as we learn about one of the least talked about prophets in the old testament. We are going to look at his message of destruction and the evil of sin but rejoice as he paints a picture of a father who loves us…

Redemptive relating happens in the direction of “UP” when we take a renewed look upward to see what God is forming in me and the people with whom I am having conversations. When we realize what God is building in us, that someone else can see and sense, while we may not see it at all. Or,…

We lament “surface relationships.” There is a deeper longing both to know someone and for them to know us at deeper levels. We desire to be known in our inner story, our inner workings, what goes on in our hearts. We are also made to connect with others at a deeper level, namely their inner story. Today,…

In our series on redemptive relating, we have looked at “WITH” and “FOR”.  God is with us. We are to be with people. God is for us. We are to be for people. More importantly, do people sense you are “with” them? Do they sense you are “for” them?  This week we look at “TOWARD”.…

We are doing a series on redemptive relating. How does God relate to us? How can we emulate that in building relationships in our lives? Last week we looked at WITH. God is WITH us. What does it mean for us to be WITH people? This week we look at FOR. God is FOR us. What does…

Great relationships don’t just happen. They must be built, tended to, and invested in.  Redemptive relating (relating the way God relates within the Trinity and with us) is our model for redemptively relating to the people in our lives. These are some of the tools of the trade.  Over the next several weeks, we’ll look…