A Holy Pause

Making Room for the New Year

Dec 18 • Matt Nelson

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The Cross, the Beast, and the Temptation of Power

Why Jesus redefines power - and why that still offends us today

Dec 2 • Matt Nelson

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November 2025

The Deeply Formed Leader: The Seven Invitations of Jesus...

One of the beautiful things about following Jesus is that He doesn’t just command - He invites.

Nov 19 • Matt Nelson

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October 2025

The Lie that is Fracturing our Nation

How a century of misplaced loyalties led the American church into a culture war — and how we can find our way back.

Oct 23 • Matt Nelson

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The Deeply Formed Leader: The Dehumanization of America

Dallas Willard once said that modern culture has “lost the soul.” We are often taught, implicitly, that human beings are reducible to their brains…

Oct 1 • Matt Nelson

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September 2025

The Deeply Formed Leader: The Power of Unity in the City of Tulsa

Unity within the body of Christ is a testimony to the power of the gospel. It is our way of showing the world around us that the work of Jesus is…

Sep 8 • Matt Nelson

The Deeply Formed Leader: Is the Church Facing a Discernment Crisis?

Satan, our Enemy, specializes in deception and counterfeits.

Sep 1 • Matt Nelson

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August 2025

The Deeply Formed Leader: Do I need a Spiritual Director? And a few other interesting things...

Do I need a Spiritual Director?

Aug 25 • Matt Nelson

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The Deeply Formed Leader: Learning to Discern Our Struggles

This Substack is reader-supported.

Aug 18 • Matt Nelson

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The Deeply Formed Leader

Reacting to the moment or formed for the moment...

Aug 11 • Matt Nelson

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June 2025

The Illusion of Control: How a panic attack revealed an ugly truth

It was the fall of 2019, and life was - wait for it - busy.

Jun 4 • Matt Nelson

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May 2025

I Came to Pray. I Left Grieving.

My experience at a National Day of Prayer Event

May 20 • Matt Nelson

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