Seeing Through Cracks

theeffect · Seeing Through Cracks Dave Brisbin 6.6.21Jesus said that no one can see Kingdom—the quality of life lived in awareness of God’s presence—until born again in spirit. In the same breath he says those born of spirit are like wind, which you can hear but never...

Father’s Eyes

theeffect · Father's Eyes Dave Brisbin 5.30.21Two questions last week: How do we come to know God, see life as the Father sees it? And how is Jesus the only way to the Father? Great questions, and related—two parts of the same question. Knowing God is central in...

Between Tribes

theeffect · Between Tribes Dave Brisbin 5.23.21Jesus says that if we believe in him, we will do the works he did and greater works than those. Most commentators say that those works are Jesus’ miracles and the greater works are not in quality but quantity—that Jesus’...

Seeing the Wind

theeffect · Seeing The Wind Dave Brisbin 5.16.21Imagine living in a world where you didn’t understand the workings of nature…where thunder, lightning, earthquakes, eclipses were literally the voice, hands, and face of God? Where impossibly dark nights exploded with...

The Perfect Parent

theeffect · The Perfect Parent Dave Brisbin 5.9.21Mother’s Day. A few years ago I was asked: I know God loves me, but how do I know he likes me? Made me smile immediately, as it cut right to the heart of things. Love can means so many things to us, but like is pretty...

A Portable Heaven

theeffect · A Portable Heaven Dave Brisbin 5.2.21What kills our ability to trust our lives to the action of unseen spirit? Our fears, of course. We fear death because of the ultimate unknown it represents: whether anything we imagine ourselves to be continues. We fear...

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Everyone is recovering from something… Admitting this is the first step in spiritual life, because any unfinished business in our lives–trauma, unforgiveness, fear-based perceptions–fosters compulsive behavior and keeps us from connecting spiritually and emotionally.

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