THE PORTHOLE We are the porthole of promise — on earth as it is in heaven. A porthole is an opening between two realms. Most of humanity never fully walks in the fullness of who we are in Christ because so many are still battling within the mind — what I call the outer court. The outer court is where fear, striving, broken emotions, guilt, conflict, and the unrest of human nature continue to rule. People live there for years, circling the same mountains within themselves. Yet Christ did not...

What affects the mind is often broken human emotion passed from one person to another. Fear pulls on fear. Anger pulls on anger. Control pulls on guilt. Sadness pulls on sadness. Most of humanity lives emotionally entangled with one another without even realising it. One person becomes unstable and the whole room shifts with them. One person becomes offended and others are pulled into the offence. One person carries fear and suddenly everyone is reacting to fear. This is why so many people...

SEEING THE PERSON There are people in this world who do not bend to fit into what others expect of them. They are often misunderstood. Labels are placed on them—terms like “anti-social”—because they do not move in the same way as others. But what I have seen is something different. They do not conform easily. They do not shape themselves to suit the expectations of others. They see things directly, and when pushed, they will speak what they see without filtering it. This can be confronting....