Freedom from Isolation

By Desert Stream
April 02, 2014


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Finding Hope In God

By Desert Stream
March 27, 2014
Believing and Living in Hope I just resigned from ministry. For the second time. Twenty-five years ago I entered the darkest season of my life to date. It was halfway through our second Living Waters program. Within a matter of a week my church-planting accountability partner d...

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Moving Past Isolationing Self-Awareness

By Desert Stream
March 27, 2014
In reaction to my early environment I laid a foundation for an egocentric self-awareness. I turned inward, transforming my legitimate need for intimacy into a heightened form of neediness. My relationships were filtered through my perceived needs, which became the focus for deter...

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The Idol of Self

By Desert Stream
March 26, 2014
As I have grown as a leader, God blesses me with favor through the many things He has entrusted to me. His blessings aside, I find that remnants of childhood insecurities lead me to doubt Him. I am aware of a need to prove myself worthy, capable, approved. Rather than allowing Hi...

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Appearing Healthy

By Desert Stream
March 27, 2012
Growing into Who We will be “We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished, but it is going on. This is not the end, but it is the road.” Martin Luther At age twenty-five I was a talented professional photographer wit...

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