THE VIEW FROM UP HERE

the wall

HAVE YOU HIT A WALL?

“On your journey of the soul with Christ, The Wall is the place where exhaustion, pain, grief, unanswered questions, doubt, discouragement, aloneness, or spiritual dryness seem to block your progress.” - Bill and Kristi Gaultiere   If you haven’t hit “the wall” yet, you will. Walk with God for any length of time, and eventually...

pentecost wind

COME HOLY SPIRIT, COME!

Sunday is Pentecost, the day we commemorate God pouring out the Holy Spirit. It’s the day we became the dwelling place of God on Earth. Fire. Wind. Breath. Every language. Every class. Every nation. United into one temple for God. One body of Christ.    This year...

saved by grace

BY grace THROUGH faith FOR works

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God...

help in discipleship

NEED HELP IN DISCIPLESHIP?

Everyone needs help. We all start out pretty helpless. Mom has to feed us, burp us, change us and put us to sleep. Over time, she helps us learn to do those things ourselves. Eventually, we teach our children.    This is the way kids grow up,...

Confidence in the good shepherd

CONFIDENCE IN THE GOOD SHEPHERD

“The LORD is my shepherd. I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1   “I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me. . . My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and...

journey of the soul

WHERE ARE YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY?

Wherever you are on your journey, we want to help you find your way.    Some of you are just beginning your journey with Jesus. You have come to trust in him as the perfect picture of God and to follow him as the perfect picture of...

sheep without a shepherd

LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD

The virus finally got my body. After a year of avoiding infection, those sneaky little spike proteins invaded my cells right before Easter. Though my fever has been gone for almost a week, I am still trying to regain my strength. I feel wiped out.   But...

before you need it

BUILD IT BEFORE YOU NEED IT

Build community before you need it. The investment you make in creating a supportive circle of friends will pay dividends when you need it most.   When I got COVID the day before Easter, I had friends I could call. I wouldn’t trust just anyone to fill...

without friday

NO EASTER SUNDAY WITHOUT GOOD FRIDAY

Without Friday, Easter Sunday doesn't make sense. Like a punch line without a joke, it falls flat.  Without Sunday, Good Friday isn't that good. It's a tragic ending that confirms the futility and finality of death.   Together, they are the good news story we all need.   Many...

get up and pray

GET UP AND PRAY

Gethsemane is a garden on the Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed when he was in town. It was the place in this olive grove where the olives are squeezed to produce the oil that is the staple of every meal and the fuel for...