FROM COURT TO CALLING — COURTENEY BARNES STORY — If I look back on my life, it has been centered around sports for most of it. I grew up with three older brothers, two of whom were heavily involved in sports. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of tagging along to baseball, basketball,…
Early morning — it’s silent in the gym. The lights that prefer to be bright are only half-lit as I lace up my shoes on the bottom row of the bleachers. The first bounce of the practice ball echoes throughout the fieldhouse, the sound reverberating little bits of my soul as the familiarity of the…
REVEAL + ACTIVATE Poetice exists to see God revealed and His followers activated. “This just feels like language articulating what we’ve always been doing,” said Makenzie, our Prayer + Worship Coordinator, at a recent retreat with our leaders. “Yeah, and like every area of our work can be measured by this mission,” agreed Violet, our…
LET IT RAIN ‘It may look like I’m surrounded, but I’m surrounded by You.” On June 19, 2024, at 8 am, we stood gathered in our worship center. It was a Wednesday, so we were prepared for our weekly corporate prayer set. Our Intensive Training was drawing to a close, and before us stood guest…
He alone is my safe place; His wraparound presence always protects me.For He is my champion defender; there is no risk of failure with God.So why would I let worry paralyze me, even when troubles multiply around me?– PSALM 62:2 TPT – As I consider Poetice in 2023, our year was marked by and filled…
In Him there isNo Darkness At All The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.ISAIAH 9:2 For to us, a child is born, to us, a son is given;and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall…
Introducing Poetice Houses Three years ago, we made some big moves. After many years of being involved in Zambia through a non-profit organization, we decided to become recognized as a local church. We felt the Lord begin to place the pursuit on us to ‘give the Church her identity back’, in the city of Choma. At the…
“How did we get here?” I have often found myself wondering this at the beginning of this wildly interesting year. I love this question, and I love it when it comes to the surface of my reflections, for it has always revealed the evidence of what my heart most desires for my life, and Poetice. When…