Archive for the ‘My Story’ Category
Belief, Emersion & Stretchy Pants
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, My Story
Sunday I made a decision I had been wrestling with for awhile.
Moving Forward
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Life, My Story
After months of wondering what was next for me, living in fear and pursuing anything BUT the music world, my heart has finally turned a significant page.
He Is Jealous For Me – Guest Post At LindseyNobles.com
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Guest Posts, My Story
My friend Lindsey Nobles invited me to contribute to her blog series, “How He Loves”, sharing my take on the passionate and irrepressible love God has for us.
Gutted
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Life, My Story
My perspective was rocked as I thought about how the work God is doing in my life was being paralleled by the work we did on one flood-ravaged home
Learning How To Die
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Life, My Story
Yesterday was a hard day. Applying for a job you never really saw yourself doing is one thing. Actually getting said job is an entirely different thing. “So, this is it,” I thought to myself. “Now what?” I was all over the emotional map, and it sucked. I could barely feel excited to actually have a job before I felt punched in the gut.
He Teaches My Heart To Recover
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Fitness, Health, My Story, Uncategorized
In 2007 I lived in Dallas, had a really great (and great-paying) job and for the first time in my life got a personal trainer. It was a great experience and over the course of about 7 months of rigorous, targeted training and focused nutrition, I dropped about 55 lbs and felt incredible. I worked my butt off (literally) and learned a valuable spiritual lesson in the process.
Pastor Barbie & Pulpit Culture
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Leadership, My Story
I was asked by Wes to share my story with our community group Sunday night. It’s been awhile since I’ve done any sort of public speaking and although I think I stumbled through it a little, I feel it went pretty well. After leaving, I sent a tweet saying “Blogging about my story is one thing, sharing it in front of 40 people in my community group is another. Grateful for this journey”. I got a reply from Makeda saying “you sharing your story so courageously is giving others permission to be courageous too so keep telling it.”
An Idol Heart – Guest Post At RefineUs.org
Posted by grantj | Filed under Blogging, Faith, Friends, Guest Posts, My Story
I was recently asked by Justin Davis, campus pastor for Cross Point Bellvue and my friend, if I would contribute a guest blog post to a series about redemption on RefineUs.org, the blog he and his wife Trisha write. To say that I was honored would be a massive understatement. I actually had to ask him if he was serious. He was.
My Story, Chapter 1: The Conflict
Posted by grantj | Filed under Faith, Life, My Story
I love a good story. There’s something about watching someone experience, struggle through and grow from a challenge that does something unique for my heart. I don’t know exactly when I realized it, but I’ve known for quite some time now that I’ve been living out a story, with the days of my life providing a narrative pointing to the glory and purpose of God. I’ve believed this for awhile, but it was about a year ago when I was reminded that the story being told is always greater than the sum of the characters in the cast.
So Why “An Idol Heart?”
Posted by admin | Filed under Culture, Faith, Life, My Story
It has been close to a year since I have blogged with any kind of consistency. Since then, a lot has happened. About a year ago, I experienced what writers and storytellers call an “inciting event.” According to Suite 101, an inciting event is: “the moment or plot point in a script that kicks the story into motion…”
