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The UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN TeaTime- an UPdate on RealFaith.Dedicated to all the young men and women that I met and young ladies and young guys, on the streets of Chinatown and the stairways of a church. Here is an UPdate on life; spoiler alert- the theme is similar to what it was back then, even in the early days. When our lives end up in ways we never imagined, we are in actuality far closer to "heaven" on earth than we may imagine. 2022-05-0413 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!The UPsideDOWN Project: Valentine's Day Episode:One wrong turn, and I'm reminded of the actual desires of my heart and how God literally is meeting me each step even though things are harder than they've ever been before! Praise GOD! You are here. Amen! (Cue- personal story of being alone at church, 39, single, with two kids....washed up seminarian!) 2022-02-1405 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN Project! Episode 7: The UPsideDOWNweek.Real-life episodes of the UPs and the DOWNs, ins and outs, and struggle to find the ACTUAL GOOD, not the "new-age, transcendental-detach from need and reality" type good, BUT THE ACTUAL GOOD WAYS GOD HAS provided, that are RIGHT HERE, right there- in our midst, under our noses, like literally every thing I ever ask my son to find that he then cannot find and swears isn't there.... The GOOD IS HERE...now. Praise the Lord!2022-02-0616 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!The UPsideDOWN Project: Episode 6- Making the UPsideDOWN DecisionThere are times that doing what we know is right will land us in the camp of unpopularity or, at the least, public contempt. What does this mean? How do we endure? Suffer? Feel it? Feel bad? Obeying feels bad, you mean? Does this mean we must not be following Jesus? Does this mean it's the ONLY way to follow Jesus? Probably a little in the middle- hence this: a brief exploration of the UPsideDOWN decisions of coming or going, with a special 2yearold guest commentator :).2022-02-0414 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN Project! Episode 5: The Leaves in Gaston, SCThanking God for how He has literally provided me with every resource I need to take care of the outside of the cup. It doesn't look perfect, and plenty of resources are being repurposed or repositioned, but that good news is that the inside of the cup has been wiped clean. It is hidden in His having met the righteous requirement of the law. He has become sin even though He knew no sin, that we might be called the righteousness of God. My forgiveness and my inheritance is in Christ, not in anything of this UPsideDOWN world! 2022-01-3108 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN Project! Episode 4: Motives for serving GodThe most UPsideDOWN I have felt in my own life has been the times when God has revealed to me, through circumstances, not audible voice, that I have served Him and followed Him for my own gain, my own purposes, and not out of surrender before Him, humility, obedience, and love. While painful to recognize, this place has also been the last before before Freedom and Joy in my Spiritual Walk, every.single.time. It is when I am most disillusioned with myself and the UPsideDOWN world that I find the Lord. Amen! 2022-01-2911 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN Project! Episode 3: Finding Glory in Loss or Pain, like PaulTaking wisdom from Oswald Chambers' reading for today as well as C. Jack Miller, as they dissect Paul's hope and rootedness in Christ. THE CHIEF of sinners find community, sustainment, and support as he breaks up the homeostasis. As we seek wisdom, the combination of our emotions and logic, we find that it IS in fearing the Lord, and in submitting to Christ even in the most UPsideDOWN of places. AND THEN, we see that Glory Jesus promised we'd see, and it is incredible... Amen! To support this work and others, please visit our GoFundMe site: 2022-01-2811 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN Project! Episode 2: Maybe God just GIVESLooking at some verses in Ecc 3 and 4 and recalling the words of a friend from seminary who challenged that God never really takes away; He literally just gives. That was hard to believe then, hard to see. It's been a hard concept to ruminate upon for years, but I'm starting to see that it's actually true, actually COMPLETELY true, and that we really do see things UPsideDOWN! Praise God. He opens our eyes, our hearts, and our minds! Thanks for listening!2022-01-2711 minThe UPsideDOWN Project!UPsideDOWN Project! Evidence of Grace OR The Key to Being Happy!One of the ways people "grow in the knowledge of grace" and in the ability to maintain peace during the storms of life is by observing WHERE one can identify grace in his or her own life in the PAST. Journaling is a KEY INGREDIENT to this principle playing out in my own life. Listen to how reading through even my journal from a previously tumultuous few months proved to literally evaporate any fear or doubt I had today as I sought the Lord! 2022-01-2511 min
The UPsideDOWN Project!Rough Draft Trailer: The UPsideDOWN Project!Refocusing the theme of the project: zooming in on the glory, out of the mess. Stories of Beauty from Ashes, and everything in between. 2022-01-2207 min