One of the challenges about being a young adult and making the turn from high school to college, or moving from a clerk job to a management job is that the leap in responsibility can sometimes be overwhelming. By Senior…
Dec 27 2017
Nov 16 2017
Thankfully Some Things Never Change
November.. A month of change and thanksgiving. The last of the trees have lost their leaves and the weather has most definitely decided that it's time to think about winter. The end of the semester is also rapidly approaching for…
Oct 8 2017
By Grace
As Martin Luther realized the beauty God's Grace, his heart broke for the slavery that people were in. Slavery to sin, slavery to religion, slavery to self. The reality of Ephesians 2 (we were dead) and by God's grace we…
Sep 5 2017
Awake and Alive Staff Endures Harvey
Hurricane Harvey - Living Through the Storm
I've lived most of my life near Houston, TX and have experience several tropical storms and hurricanes during that time. I have seen firsthand the devastation brought on by their winds and rains…
Aug 3 2017
Intimacy and the Mask
"Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?” ― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
"Until…
Jun 7 2017
Freedom In a Box
If you have a name... you have a box. Have you ever felt that way? The moment we say THIS IS WHO I AM, people try to put us in a box and even we tend to put ourselves in…
May 7 2017
Life to the Full
It's a busy month, this month of May. Final exams, projects, and thesis defenses for college students. Job searches have begun for that summer job that will earn some needed cash for the next school year. Military assignments are being…
Apr 19 2017
Walking with Christ
It's getting CLOSE!!! You can feel the end of the semester with every day that tops out over 60 degrees and with every project that now demands your attention. In just a few weeks it will be over and some…
Aug 25 2016
I Hear Voices
I will cause you to become the father of a great nation.
I will bless you and make you famous,
and I will make you a blessing to others.
I will bless those who bless you
and curse those who…
Aug 4 2016
More Than Human
“God knows that your eyes will be opened when you eat it.
You will become just like God,
knowing everything, both good and evil.”
Genesis 3:5 NLT
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What would you do if…?
Sometimes, while reading a book or watching…
Mar 5 2015
The Best Part of Being Alive
Two thoughts have been burning in my heart for the past two months.
The world is in prison with a zombie identity (Ephesians 2), looking for life and for healing – they will never find it apart from Christ. Jesus…
Feb 9 2015
The Gospel - Good News or Good Message
In preparing for the last of the "Awake and Alive 2014 Summer Series" messages, we wanted to focus on the prayer that Paul had in his letter to the churches, specifically to Ephesians. In it he asks them to pray…