NEWSLETTERS
Throughout the year, John sends out newsletters about his recent thoughts and the ministry's recent history.
March 20, 2024
You, the followers of this newsletter, our podcasts, books, and events, know that it is our deep desire to give you tools for these challenging days. Sometimes those tools are for soul care, others for intimacy with God or for shutting down the... READ MORE
February 19, 2024
I’ve been thinking a lot about refuge.
Across the British Isles, particularly on Scotland and Ireland’s rugged coastlines, stand the remains of ancient stone towers, some of them thousands of years old. They fascinate me. Most are on the wild and... READ MORE
Across the British Isles, particularly on Scotland and Ireland’s rugged coastlines, stand the remains of ancient stone towers, some of them thousands of years old. They fascinate me. Most are on the wild and... READ MORE
January 02, 2024
A very Merry Christmas season to you!
I’m betting that the flurry of the holidays has everyone quite busy, so I’ll just share a few thoughts.
First and foremost, a big, sincere “thank you!” from Stasi and me and our team for the outpouring of love... READ MORE
I’m betting that the flurry of the holidays has everyone quite busy, so I’ll just share a few thoughts.
First and foremost, a big, sincere “thank you!” from Stasi and me and our team for the outpouring of love... READ MORE
October 17, 2023
Friends, Comrades, Allies,
Here at the end of September/beginning of October, I want to share this lovely passage with you:
Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with... READ MORE
Here at the end of September/beginning of October, I want to share this lovely passage with you:
Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with... READ MORE
June 26, 2023
A very happy summer to each of you!
I really hope you have something on the calendar by way of rest and joy this summer. Even if it’s “only” evenings on the balcony or your back deck, summer can be so lovely and restorative. Let the beauty in!
If... READ MORE
I really hope you have something on the calendar by way of rest and joy this summer. Even if it’s “only” evenings on the balcony or your back deck, summer can be so lovely and restorative. Let the beauty in!
If... READ MORE
May 15, 2023
Spring has finally come to Colorado. Last evening, Stasi and I took a lovely after-dinner walk through the neighborhood. The sun is setting later each day, and it was one of those wonderful evenings where the deer were out and browsing, a few... READ MORE
April 10, 2023
This is a letter on how to pray for the people you love—especially those who do not yet love Jesus or see the Truth in him.
I’m moved to share this for two reasons.
First, because it’s where many of my own heart-cries have been focused recently. And... READ MORE
I’m moved to share this for two reasons.
First, because it’s where many of my own heart-cries have been focused recently. And... READ MORE
February 28, 2023
Well…2023 is out of the gates and down the track––even though my soul didn’t really get on board until late January! (Friends of ours still have their Christmas decorations up; their souls haven’t been able to make the transition yet!) Ready or not... READ MORE
January 23, 2023
Dear Friends,
A very merry Christmastide to you…wherever and whenever this letter finds you!
I don’t need to say much this month; the holidays for most people are typically full enough.
I do want to say, before anything else, that our entire team... READ MORE
A very merry Christmastide to you…wherever and whenever this letter finds you!
I don’t need to say much this month; the holidays for most people are typically full enough.
I do want to say, before anything else, that our entire team... READ MORE
January 23, 2023
Dear Friends,
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from... READ MORE
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from... READ MORE
October 17, 2022
Many years ago, someone shared this quote with me, and it stayed with me because it names something so deeply true to the human predicament:
“The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.” – Wallace Stevens
Right?... READ MORE
“The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.” – Wallace Stevens
Right?... READ MORE
June 27, 2022
Our podcast the weeks of June 20th and 27th offers a conversation with several members of our team about how everybody’s doing these days, especially with regard to our reserve tanks. I’ve been polling a number of mature people lately—inside the... READ MORE
May 23, 2022
Over the years, what I’ve tried to do with these letters is to share with you what I’m hearing from Jesus, and what I’m seeing unfold in the world, so that we all might walk more closely with him and strengthen ourselves with his strength in this... READ MORE
May 23, 2022
I want to begin this letter with a big, resounding Thank You!
We finished our ministry year in December right where our donations needed to be! You helped us out of the red and into the black with an outpouring of generosity, and I just want to say... READ MORE
We finished our ministry year in December right where our donations needed to be! You helped us out of the red and into the black with an outpouring of generosity, and I just want to say... READ MORE
January 06, 2022
Dear Friends,
A most heartfelt Merry Christmas and Christmastide to you and yours! If you receive this by post I’m not sure when it will reach you, but wherever you are in the holiday season may joy be yours in abundance!
After year two of the... READ MORE
A most heartfelt Merry Christmas and Christmastide to you and yours! If you receive this by post I’m not sure when it will reach you, but wherever you are in the holiday season may joy be yours in abundance!
After year two of the... READ MORE
November 01, 2021
October has been a brilliant month for us, for so many reasons. We held our first live Captivating retreat in over two years this month, and it was...breathtaking!
We honestly weren’t sure what it would be like, after these hard pandemic years and... READ MORE
We honestly weren’t sure what it would be like, after these hard pandemic years and... READ MORE
September 29, 2021
The early stages of fall are upon us. Children (of all ages) are back to school, churches are gearing up for their fall programming, small groups are reconvening, work is getting busier, and summer vacations are in the rearview mirror. A season of... READ MORE
July 13, 2021
Dearest friends,
Well, how is your summer going?
How is your recovery coming along?
I hope I don’t need at this point to convince you that we are in need of recovery. The world was absolutely mad and very draining before the pandemic. It was... READ MORE
Well, how is your summer going?
How is your recovery coming along?
I hope I don’t need at this point to convince you that we are in need of recovery. The world was absolutely mad and very draining before the pandemic. It was... READ MORE
June 28, 2021
Happy summer! Last time I wrote—in April—I put before you the idea of developing a “prescription” for your recovery after the year we’ve all been through. My premise was that we have all passed through global trauma, and it has affected us whether... READ MORE
May 05, 2021
If you’ve ever had to care for your body through some sort of recovery, you know how beautiful and vulnerable these vessels are. I’ve been through physical therapy a number of times over the years as various injuries have required, and every time I... READ MORE
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2016 December | Merry Christmas | |
2016 November | We need you | |
2016 October | Hope | |
2016 September | Soul Care | |
2016 August | We Live Forever | |
2016 July | Spirit of the age | |
2016 May | Disappointment in Prayer | |
2016 March | Story | |
2016 February | Consecration | |
2016 January | Attention to Prayer | |
2015 December | Renewal of Creation | |
2015 November | Give the Message Away | |
2015 October | Transformation | |
2015 September | We are Branches | |
2015 July | Invitation Only | |
2015 June | What am I Doing with the Void? | |
2015 May | Thank you | |
2015 April | Healing for the Soul | |
2015 Feb/March | What are you looking at? | |
2015 January | Will you come with me? | |
2014 December | The Availability of the Kingdom | |
2014 November | Taking This Message Throughout the World | |
2014 October | Free to Be Me | |
2014 September | Killing Lions... Marriage | |
2014 August | Identity | |
2014 July | Is the Bible important? | |
2014 June | Share Your Discovery | |
2014 May | Enforcing the Kingdom | |
2014 April | Pursuing Wholeness | |
2014 March | What You Do with Disappointment | |
2014 February | It Would Transfom Your Daily Life... | |
2014 January | Find Me | |
2013 December | Restoring Hope | |
2013 November | Pressing in | |
2013 October | Connect, Pray, Give | |
2013 September | Embracing Ourselves | |
2013 August | Beauty Forged Through Suffering | |
2013 July | Becoming Myself | |
2013 June | This Beautiful Mission | |
2013 May | Deeper Refuge in Christ | |
2013 March/April | We Need Love | |
2013 February | Strengthen Your Heart | |
2013 January | An Absolute Utter Relief | |
2012 December | Eagerly Awaiting | |
2012 November | Radical Generosity | |
2012 October | Hope | |
2012 September | Church | |
2012 August | Shaping Your Perception | |
2012 July | Trust the Larger Story | |
2012 June | Apart from Me You Can Do Nothing | |
2012 May | Hope | |
2012 April | Look at Me | |
2012 March | The Rush to New | |
Thoughts and Questions for a New Year | ||
2011 December | Advent | |
2011 November | OutlawCast | |
2011 October | Finally, Jesus | |
2011 September | Beautiful Outlaw | |
2011 August | The Son of God Becomes a Son of Man | |
2011 July | We Are Desperate for Jesus | |
2011 June | Cunning | |
2011 May | What Are You Doing for Groundedness? | |
2011 April | Fierce Intentionality | |
2011 March | Suffering | |
2011 February | Jesus Offers... | |
2011 January | The Playfulness of Jesus | |
2010 December | Let's Stop, and Find Jesus | |
2010 November | And So We Give Thanks | |
2010 October | How Do You Relate? | |
2010 September | Joy Is Opposed | |
2010 August | Union with Me | |
2010 July | The Sabbath | |
2010 May | My Heart | |
2010 April | Do What Makes You Strong in Christ | |
2010 March | Knowing the True Jesus | |
2010 February | Romance Requires Freedom | |
2009 December | The End of the Great Battle | |
2009 November | Love and War—Agreements | |
2009 October | Love and War... and Sex | |
2009 September | Love and War | |
2009 August | Epic and Intimate | |
2009 June | Hard Work and Sabbath | |
2009 April | Fathered by God | |
2009 March | The Personality of Jesus | |
2009 February | Church | |
2008 December | God Is with Us | |
2008 November | Economy, Politics, and Walking with God | |
2008 September | Sonship and Following | |
2008 August | Desire | |
2008 June | Build a Bigger Fire | |
2008 March | Walking with God | |
2008 February | Feedback Request and Mission | |
2007 December | My Love | |
2007 November | Make a Right Judgment | |
2007 October | The Battle for Joy | |
2007 September | Happy Little Life | |
2007 August | Looking Under the Hood | |
2007 July | The Utter Relief of Holiness | |
2007 June | We Need You | |
2007 May | What He IS Giving | |
2007 April | Learning to Hear God's Voice | |
2007 March | Forgetting | |
2006 December | Advent | |
2006 October | Disrupted | |
2006 July | Stepping out of the Battle | |
2006 May | Renewal | |
2006 March | New Directions | |
2005 December | Christmas | |
2005 September | The Kingdom of God | |
2005 June | Desperately Wicked? | |
2005 March | Suffering and Breakthrough | |
2004 December | Thanks | |
2004 September | All That I Have Spoken to You Remains True | |
2004 June | Beauty | |
2004 April | Need for Life | |
2004 February | Know Who He Is | |
2003 December | Remember | |
2003 October | The Path of Life and the Wild Goose | |
2003 August | Major and Minor Themes | |
2003 May | Fellowship | |
2003 February | The Thief | |
2002 December | The Mighty One | |
2002 September | Things Are Not as They Seem | |
2002 June | Your Heart Is Good | |
2002 March | Impact on Lives |