Moments ago I was in a closed meeting with God, overwhelmed with his graciousness, overcome by his promises, and basically head over heels with his goodness and blessings over the Nest. But there was another item in my prayer agenda, the current needs of the Nest. Real physical urgent needs. “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭9‬ ‭ So I was busy doing that “planning stuff”, and I asked Him for specific requests w

I’m unclear as to where the whole idea of lemons to lemonade came from, but it was on full display this past weekend at our Nest summer youth camp. For those of you unfamiliar with it, the idea is that when life hands you nothing but lemons, then make the best of things, aka” Lemonade! Well, the Nest has had a storm of in the form of torrential, non-stop rains for about three weeks straight. Needless to say there is A LOT of mud. And so, the fun theme of the youth camp was MU

Dear Friends of The Nest, We are excited to introduce you to the newest addition to The Nest—our Saanen dairy goat farm. You may be asking, Why goats? If you know us well, then you know that at the heart of The Nest is a simple philosophy: pray hard, work hard, and never waste an opportunity to build something that brings glory to God. Our goats are not simply another agricultural venture. They are becoming part of God’s provision for this ministry in many different ways. For

The sky is falling, the SKY is FALLING! As I write this, the deafening roar like a freight train surrounds and penetrates every fiber of my being. Forget raining “ cats & dogs” right now it’s raining “ cows & horses “! We are in one of the two main seasons of the year. There’s rainy and then there’s rainier. It’s a scary feeling in me that heavy rainfall evokes. Rising rivers, landslides, the primal search for shelter, it’s all so elemental. At the same time it’s a fact of li