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September 3, 2010 by Jim Wright 0 Comments

My greatest joy is walking with guys as they learn to stop being knuckleheads and become men; to minister to hurt and wounded women as they find not just healing, but health and wholeness; to let others come forth into life and gifting as they exceed me in the Kingdom. For all of this, Lord, [...]

Community, Conversion, Faith, Fellowship, Healing, Joy, Leadership, Ministry

Heaven

June 14, 2010 by Jim Wright 0 Comments

There’s nothing like flying along at 10,000 feet with my fiancé — in and out of white bellowing clouds with quilted green earth below and majestic blue sky above — while listening to Norah Jones in our headsets and enjoying the three dimensional wonder of God’s creation. That’s where I find heaven on — or [...]

Faith, Flying, Joy

Improbable Church

January 31, 2010 by Jim Wright 6 Comments

If you saw the church that meets in my home, you would laugh and wonder: “What can God do with these people?” Yet, isn’t that God’s way: to establish his Kingdom on earth by transforming lives, cultures, nations and history not with the ordained, but with the ordinary?

Community, Fellowship, Gifts, Joy, Kingdom of God, Organic Church

The Gift of Mercy

August 4, 2009 by Jim Wright 7 Comments

Mercy is the most powerful, but most abused, of all the spiritual gifts.

Abuse, Emergent, Gifts, Grace, Healing, Joy, Leadership, Mercy

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Gifts, Calling and Validation

July 28, 2009 by Jim Wright 6 Comments

Like many, I found my validation in my gifts and abilities. If we understand the different spiritual gifts listed in Romans 12 – and find the one that corresponds to our personality – then we can instead begin to find our validation in pleasing the Father.

Christian, Compassion, Faith, Gifts, Joy, Mercy, Ministry, Pride, Prophetic, Sin, Validation

The Church in D Pod

July 26, 2009 by Jim Wright 8 Comments

This Sunday, like most Sundays, I will be fellowshipping with the “Church in D Pod” at the local jail. D Pod is a unit housing around a hundred men, and God has been pouring out his new wine in an exciting way among those inmates. A couple of months ago, I started shifting my focus [...]

Faith, Grace, Jail, Joy, Kingdom of God, Mentor, Ministry, New Wine, Organic Church, Sovereignty

New Wine Sucks

July 7, 2009 by Jim Wright 3 Comments

As God brings forth new wine in a new generation, there’s a fundamental dynamic that can’t be ignored. To put it bluntly, new wine sucks! In my younger days, I was an amateur wine maker. So I know what Jesus means when he says, “no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he [...]

Community, Faith, Joy, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, New Wine, Organic Church, Pastors

New Wine And Old Skins

July 1, 2009 by Jim Wright 1 Comment

Here’s an interesting article, reprinted below, on how people will stick to what they believe or think even in the face of contrary facts or circumstances. As I’ve watched people react to challenges and controversies over the last couple of months, and to God bursting old wine skins as he brings forth new wine, I can [...]

Community, Faith, Jail, Joy, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, New Wine, Organic Church, Pastors, Sovereignty

Understanding Chronic Fatigue

June 17, 2009 by Jim Wright 6 Comments

As I struggle with an autoimmune condition called systemic sclerosis, I have begun to understand chronic fatigue and how to cope with its effects.

Burnout, Fatigue, Grace, Healing, Joy, Pain, Scleroderma

Woundedness

April 21, 2009 by Jim Wright 10 Comments

On Sunday I taught men in the jail, using Psalms 116:5-7 (ESV), about moving from woundedness to life. I challenged them not to settle for mere comfort when confronting hurt, but to embrace life instead. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, [...]

Christian, Counseling, Faith, Grace, Healing, Joy, Truth, Woundedness

Jim Wright

Teacher, pilot, foe of tyrants, world traveler, passionate, attorney, entrepreneur, friend of the dispossessed, Christian, thinker, reluctant counselor, occasional mentor, brother in the Lord, adequate cook, pretty good host and so-so bass fisherman.

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