Status Quo Questions was originally created as an avenue to talk about church health and the truth of what Christianity really is. The idea was to challenge the status quo that accepted issues as “just the way things are” instead of changing them.
Long story short, that isn’t how Status Quo Questions was used for the first few years. Instead, God directed my path to learn more about Him and His character, and the blog posts tended to focus on the study of Scripture or stories from my own journey of learning. That discipline has a way of softening your heart and changing your perspective.
Rather than being a distraction from the original purpose, the detour turned out to be an important step in laying the foundation. The issues facing the Church and believers today can’t accurately be addressed without the right perspective of who God is.
The heart behind Status Quo Questions is to someday strengthen churches and believers around the world. In the meantime, we’ll start with small but intentional discussions here. Whether you are curious to learn more or have the same passion, please feel free to join in the conversation.
In keeping with my unintentional annual tradition, Status Quo Questions’ year 4 review is later than planned this year. At this rate, we can plan for year 5’s review around March of next year. 😂 In a nutshell, 2022 brought some unexpected surprises and opportunities...
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"Covering For Today" is available in Holy Hen House's Autumn 2022 issue: Refuge + Strength. "Covering For Today" looks at how the way we learn to trust God deepens with time. Regardless of what is going on around us, God is more than able to provide covering and...
"Creating Margin" was published in Just Between Us Magazine's summer 2022 issue and is now available in Japanese on Just Between Us Japan's website: 「余白」をつくる Some of you may remember my trip to Japan a couple years ago (you can read about it here in The God Who Sees:...
Have you ever struggled with having the energy, understanding, or headspace to go the distance? Maybe you have wonderful ideas of what you would like to do or change, but when you look at your life, you see only a faint shadow of those dreams that run freely within...
"Creating Margin" is available in Just Between Us Magazine's Summer 2022 issue. This article takes a look at Acts 6 and some of the lessons we can learn from the example the apostles set in staying focused on what God called them to do. Check out Just Between Us...
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