Tag Archives: mike hillebrecht

Life. All of us experience life either as another obstacle to get around, over or through; or as a school, where you get knocked around until you learn from your mistakes and graduate to the next lesson. I’m not much … Continue reading →

In this post I want you to suspend all you think you know to be… I’m going to make the brash assumption that as you grew up, just like I did, there were a number of stories that influenced your … Continue reading →

Cancer. If there was ever a word that can generate more fear in us than this one, truly I don’t want to know it. The “Big C” immediately causes a course correction in the lives of everyone. No more living … Continue reading →

Between the ideologies of Left and Right is a line. A border, the demarcation of tolerance which all parties recognize as the defining moment where, once crossed, allegiances to the former are severed. (As a matter of fact, up to … Continue reading →

I have a friend who is fond of bracketing his comments to me with, “Can I be honest with you?” Despite how many times I respond to him, “No, just continue to lie to me so that your reality isn’t … Continue reading →

Across the western landscape of religiosity, within its structural bastions most commonly known as church, adherents are disappearing. No, the long sought-after rapture has not occurred so much as the depressing reality of this present day not aligning with an … Continue reading →

I’ve been around construction in a variety of capacities for almost my entire life. From design to build to demolition, I have first hand knowledge of how things get put together to either stand tall or fall flat. Regrettably, this … Continue reading →

Living in the shelter of our religious institutions most of us never would even imagine that there is a secret about grace which we’ve never been told. Sure, some might feel that living under the heavy hand of atonement theology, … Continue reading →

No, this is not about the adventures of my cousin prior to marrying his wife. As grand as that narrative might be, this is in keeping with my ventures of looking into the realm of a kingdom eternal. Allow me … Continue reading →

Have you ever asked yourself this question? Did you ever get an answer, not from someone else, but from yourself? After all, what do other people know about you that gives them authority to shape and form your life from … Continue reading →