Funambulism is the skill of walking the tightrope the high wire And performers face mortal danger it's a long way down The last thing they want literally is to make it only half way across the high wire Today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie points out it's even more important to finish the race of life well There's mortal danger there's uncertainty and breathless moments But thankfully when we fall the Lord is there to catch us and restore us Listen on harvest org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest org A New Beginning [... more]

Running a marathon is about pushing yourself physically and mentally For one high school runner however competing in a cross-country race is all about pushing someone else In every practice and meet fourteen-year-old Susan nbsp Bergeman pushes older brother Jeffrey in his wheelchair When Jeffrey was twenty-two months old he went into cardiac arrest mdash leaving him with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy Today Susan sacrifices personal running goals so Jeffrey might compete with her What love and sacrifice The apostle Paul had love and sacrifice in mind when he encouraged his readers to be ldquo devoted to one [... more]

I rsquo m often given the privilege of leading spiritual retreats Getting away for a few days to pray and reflect can be deeply enriching and during the program I sometimes ask participants to do an exercise ldquo Imagine your life is over and your obituary is published in the paper What would you like it to say rdquo Some attendees change their life rsquo s priorities as a result aiming to finish their lives well Second Timothy contains the last known written words of the apostle Paul Though probably only in his sixties and though having faced death before [... more]

Funambulism is the skill of walking the tightrope the high wire And performers face mortal danger it's a long way down The last thing they want literally is to make it only halfway across the high wire Today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie points out it's even more important to finish the race of life well There's mortal danger there's uncertainty and breathless moments But thankfully when we fall the Lord is there to catch us and restore us View and subscribe to Pastor Greg's weekly notes --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest org [... more]

Funambulism is the skill of walking the tightrope the high wire And performers face mortal danger it's a long way down The last thing they want literally is to make it only half way across the high wire Today on A New Beginning Pastor Greg Laurie points out it's even more important to finish the race of life well There's mortal danger there's uncertainty and breathless moments But thankfully when we fall the Lord is there to catch us and restore us View and subscribe to Pastor Greg's weekly notes --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest [... more]

A news article in May contained one of the first uses of the idiom ldquo on the bubble rdquo Referring to a state of uncertainty the expression was used in relation to rookie race car driver Steve Krisiloff He rsquo d been ldquo on the bubble rdquo having posted a slow qualifying lap for the Indianapolis Later it was confirmed that his time mdash though the slowest of those who qualified mdash allowed him to compete in the race We can feel at times that we rsquo re ldquo on the bubble rdquo uncertain we have what it takes to [... more]