by Michael Thompson The surmounting losses and continued compromises of COVID-19 have made the battle landscape fertile ground for our enemy to invite spirits of fear, hopelessness, depression, accusation and even hatred. Survey what you are invited to feel and think, and consider that not all of that is you. What an incredible and incredibly difficult time to be alive. This generation is facing challenging times for sure but I’m not sure I would trade this time for other wartimes. But if the battlegrounds are fertile for the enemy, they are fertile for the Kingdom of God, too. I wonder what God...
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Discovery can be a wonderful thing. The word doesn’t necessarily mean something is “new,” it means “it’s new to you.” Over time, things can get lost … stories, wisdom, truths, even people can get lost and hearts lose their way.
The Exploring More podcast invites you into conversations where we share our discoveries of the wild and wonderful Kingdom of God … how it works, who we are in it, and the Love and Life that is constantly pursuing us. The Kingdom of God isn’t easy, nor is everything in our story good—there are predators and parasites in the spiritual realm, another kingdom, the kingdom of darkness that violently opposes our becoming more.
We aspire to offer hope through honest conversations and the sharing of invaluable discoveries we hope will encourage our friends on their journeys to uncovering who they are, where they are, and the good God is up to in their lives … the more that is waiting to be explored.
2309/2020September 23, 2020
Getting Your Heart Back
by Micheal Thompson It was L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that taught us that for our journey we would need Courage, Wisdom, and Heart. The Tin Man declared, “I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.” It was the same Tin Man who later said, “Now I know I’ve got a heart, because it is breaking.” In The Four Loves C.S Lewis reminds us of the necessity of a heart in order to love. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your...
2309/2020September 23, 2020
Hope Over Our Hearts
by Micheal Thompson Several times a day, I am asked or am the one asking, so, how are you? What a loaded question these days. Like when you have a rainy day, then another, and another, we so long for the sunshine. The disruption has now given way to something that feels more permanent. I find the accumulative loss over time is an invitation to sit with God in both sadness and hope. It’s been a long time since both were so tangible. As “life goes on,” it goes on in this fog of COVID-19, making every challenge a little...
1506/2020June 15, 2020
Your Mask First – Michael Thompson
Living and loving like Jesus, the unique and incredible one whose image you bear. When a man comes to experience first that he is a beloved son, he can then fight well for the hearts of his children.
1506/2020June 15, 2020
Go After Their Heart – Michael Thompson
Step out your front door each and every day, and you are there - it is the Larger Story we live in. We all live in a very large story where walking with God is the invitation to adventure, and the evil that opposes us is both dangerous and prevalent.
0906/2020June 9, 2020
Fighting for the Hearts of Your Kids – Michael Thompson
When my daughters were growing up, we had some tough moments in which I needed to step in … not at them, not toward them, but for them. In fifth grade, my oldest was being accused of something she didn’t do. She was called into the vice principal’s office, and I was “notified.” We lived very close by so I dropped in and got to confront the authority confronting her. My second daughter was being pursued at middle school by a boy – and not in a good way – so confronting the boy with his mother at a school...
