TJ FLICK'S MUSINGS ON LIFE, FAMILY, & JESUS

We celebrated my sister in law’s home-going this past weekend. Although there are many highlights I could mention about the service, from the hilarious anecdotes shared by family members, to the robust congregational worship, or bouncing my delightfully cuddly grandnephew on my knee for the first half of the service, something happened towards the end of the memorial that marked me.  During the conclusion of my brother’s eulogy for his wife, Mark shared about how Kristen was

God wants us to believe for big things again. I awoke from a dream this morning with the following words on my lips, “and his incomparably great power for us who believe.” This phrase comes from the following passage in Ephesians 1. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope

I had a dream. I was in this large hotel room, like a suite, and the TV was on. It was one of those huge, heavy, old TVs that sit on the floor. The kind that was so deep, if it had a large enough hole and was completely hollow, it would make a great hiding spot. The TV was on and there was a podcast playing with some guys talking. The longer I watched it, I realized it was making me both drowsy and inebriated. I recognized my peril, so I began to search for the OFF switch, bu