The Garden Leadership Retreat

The Garden Leadership Retreat

This weekend, The Garden’s Leadership Team got away for our second annual retreat.

I’m still finding words for all Father did over the weekend. He told me specific things He was going to do in each heart and how He was going to move us as a team deeper into His. Just like always, He did exactly what I felt Him say He would do. I believe our team walked away marked by the love of God in a way we never have before.

The Garden

The Garden

The Garden is serving someone you know.

It’s the girl sitting on the same row with you each Sunday. She’s the girl in the next cubicle over. The cousin you love but only see a few times a year. The teacher who pours out her life into your child. The lady sitting on your board. The woman on the other end of the conference call. The girl on your worship team.

It’s her.

The Weight of the Wait

The Weight of the Wait

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The Morning I Fell In Love

I fell in love in the fifth grade. I met Him when I was five, but that fifth grade year, He really stole my heart.  We met every morning at 5:30. And I forget how old you are in the fifth grade, but that’s real early for a kid. I didn’t care. There...