The Wealth of Empty Hands
The church thrives when spiritual poverty humbles us to receive grace and compels us to open our hands in hospitality, but without these, it stumbles as a house unfit for…
Does Anyone See The Beggar in The Pulpit
Does Anyone See The Beggar in The Pulpit by Donavon L Riley The preacher, as beggar, is a vessel of the true beggar-king, Jesus Christ, whose poverty and humility transform…
A Misfit Pressed Against The World’s Frame
A Misfit Pressed Against The World’s Frame by Donavon L Riley +++ Though I have lived as a misfit pressed against the world’s frame, I trust that my jagged edges…
Each A Splintered Branch
Each A Splintered Branch by Donavon L Riley Even the fallen find their place; as the broken tree returns to the soil and feeds the earth, so Christ gathers the…
Rough & Holy
You were made to walk free, to shine in His glory, to know life unbridled and untamed. — D. +++ We were shaped to stride through wild hills and heather,…
The Harvest Worth Its Ache
The Harvest Worth Its Ache by Donavon L Riley True worship is not a matter of casting off form and rite, but of yielding to the deep, shaping power of…
God Takes The Long View
God Takes The Long View by Donavon L Riley The revival of faith may seem distant for those in quiet, thinning parishes, but God plows where He wills, calling us…
To Unmake The Ruin
To Unmake The Ruin by Donavon L Riley We twist our longing for God into idols, yet Christ enters our wreckage—not to affirm but to redeem—crafting wholeness from our brokenness…
The Moment Is Holy Ground
The Moment Is Holy Ground by Donavon L Riley Behind us lies the cross, not the shame we fear, and before us stretches eternity. Christ calls us to live in…