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LifeSize: Size Matters

Some people say they believe in God, some say they don't, others say they're not sure. I'm less interested in which camp you are in, and more interested in what you mean when you say, 'God.' I don't believe in a god that is as little and narrow as some people seem to, and I can't believe in a god as big and tyrannical as other people describe. I long for and live for a LifeSize God who is big enough to matter and small enough for me to matter. It's complicated... Let's talk about it.
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Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Jacob's Epilogue

It's still Jacob's story, but the story isn't about him anymore, it's about his daughter, Dinah, and about his sons, and one in particular, Joseph. It's about Shechem and Egypt. The time came when the picture was obviously a lot bigger than Jacob. Not because it had to fit more people in, but because it was God's picture all along, not Jacob's. Is the world the backdrop of your life? Or is your life one irreplaceable piece of the big, big picture of what God is doing in the world?
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Jacob's Journey Home

It's time to come home. Twenty years abroad gave him much, but for what? It's time to go home, deal with his brother and become who the person this journey was all about in the first place. Sometimes we go and learn, explore and discover, and we learn it wasn't about all the learning and getting, but the learning and getting was preparing us for what's next. Head home, cross the river, meet God - face to face.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Jacob Abroad

Jacob has some becoming to do and it isn't going to happen at home. He tricked his brother Esau and he's in trouble with him. He needs to leave his promised land to find what's next. Even though his purpose seems to be to get married, the journey leads to much more. Jacob gets married, has a lot of kids and gets rich. He tricks and gets tricked. As we walk through this part of Jacob's crazy journey with him, we find out how God kept God's promises to him and how God keeps promises to us through our life's journeys, even when our journey is different than we ever thought it would be.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Jacob Begins

"What's next" isn't a question, it's your next step. So what will you do? The book of Genesis tells the story of Jacob and how he was part of God's 'what's next.' This not-so-heroic hero was a mixture of destiny, decisions and deception... as well as utter grace. This February we will trace Jacob's story (Genesis 25-35) and see how God worked in, through and despite him, and get some clues about how God works in, through and despite us to create 'what's next'.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

You & Me: Intimacy

Don't go getting all nervous, we can talk about this with our clothes on. It's funny that we react this way to that simple word: Intimacy. We value it so much, but we really don't want to talk about it - at least not in public. Intimacy is something we need. God intends for us to build bonds of trust to glue our relationships together through it. So if you are confused by the over-sexualizing of intimacy you see in the media, the abuse of it you hear in the news and are generally a little freaked out over it... well then it's time to talk.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

You & Me: Vulnerability

That's something no one wants to be. Vulnerability is a sign of weakness, it means you aren't in control and might get hurt. Power is better because it means we don't have to be vulnerable. Except God, whom we'd assume is powerful, got really vulnerable by being born as Jesus. Is God telling us something? Does vulnerability have a place in relationships? I'll tip my hat and tell you that if Jesus showed us anything, it is that vulnerability is where relationships are forged.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

You & Me: Us

You get into all sorts of relationships all the time and whether you are super excited about each one or have no choice, you probably aren't hoping that these people make your life miserable. No, you want them to enrich it! But do you realize that the difference between those two outcomes is up to you? Not them? There aren't any easy answers, but God has a vision for how to be "Us" in the world.

Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com