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Your Spiritual Gut
I awakened early Tuesday with the task of preparing to speak to a group of men regarding my faith and life journey. What would I say? ...
Brandon Billings
Jul 18, 20136 min read
The Prophets
As I continue my annual journey through the Bible, I am struck with the absence of true “prophets” today; those who speak the truth...
Brandon Billings
Jul 10, 20132 min read
Politics, Poverty and Passion
This morning as I read through the Gospel of Mark, I was struck by the motivations of those described in Chapter 14. In the chapter...
Brandon Billings
Jun 15, 20132 min read
A Wakeup Call to American Christianity
“A man was walking through the woods in springtime.1 The air was thrilling and throbbing with the passion of little hearts, with the...
Brandon Billings
Jun 8, 20131 min read
Being in Christ
As I grow older, my life becomes even more prone to look back, searching through experiential data, examining my steps. Actually this is...
Brandon Billings
May 29, 20134 min read
Adding Value
“We have been repeatedly reminded by our leader that we are NOT tourists – we are an INVESTMENT and must search for how He wants us to...
Brandon Billings
May 25, 20132 min read
Alone with a Lover
Some of my most cherished moments in life have occurred as I walked my way through the conundrums of public leadership, often struggling...
Brandon Billings
May 14, 20133 min read


Numbness and Personal Encouragement
Maybe more than that keyboard moment is the leading up to it, like this morning. I was pondering the gnawing feeling that maybe my...
Brandon Billings
Apr 14, 20132 min read
Love without Compromise
This morning as I was “praying through” my continued desire to be real and much less religious, I was pondering the struggle of the many...
Brandon Billings
Mar 6, 20133 min read
Infatuation or Insomnia?
This morning I was up at 3:16! As I sat up in bed looking at the clock, I briefly wondered why I was so alert, until I realized that my...
Brandon Billings
Jan 19, 20134 min read
My Life, a Commodity
I am becoming quite the fan of Wikipedia. Maybe it’s the ready availability of being only one screen away from a launching point of...
Brandon Billings
Jan 1, 20134 min read
Diastole
I began this morning with a visit to Wikipedia, a follow up to a word that caught my attention in an earlier read. I am fascinated by...
Brandon Billings
Dec 29, 20122 min read
Forty Years
Here I am pondering life again, though now at a new plane as I approach the forty year mark of January 3, since my decision to follow...
Brandon Billings
Dec 17, 20123 min read
Fixed Eyes
My life sometimes seems masochistic, for the deeper I yearn to be like Christ in the practical application of my faith in the...
Brandon Billings
Dec 8, 20125 min read
Hebrews and Hellenists
As I continue my reading of scriptures, now in the Book of II Chronicles, the above categorization of human beings, shared in a recent...
Brandon Billings
Dec 5, 20124 min read
Constructive Spiritual Tension
This morning, I sensed the source of tension often present in my decision making process as a political leader. I was reading a...
Brandon Billings
Dec 1, 20123 min read
Generational Shifts
For some days now, I have been reflecting on what may be four to five distinctive dimensional changes witnessed in my lifetime of...
Brandon Billings
Nov 24, 20124 min read
Rich and Real
I am thankful every day that I arise, for the rich tapestry woven around my life as a believer; rich from the standpoint of intimacy...
Brandon Billings
Nov 17, 20123 min read
Theocracy and Democracy
If one Goggles theocracy, they will find the following definition: “A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a...
Brandon Billings
Nov 8, 20123 min read
Giants and Fleas
I can’t help but ponder David’s life this a.m., as I continue my read through the book of First Samuel. This King in the making, a...
Brandon Billings
Oct 11, 20122 min read
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