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Pastor Ian Kirk

Picture of Reverend Ian Kirk and his VRChat avatar
Reverend Ian Kirk and his VRChat avatar
Ian is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and is currently Co-Lead Pastor at Enumclaw Nazarene Church in Enumclaw, WA, USA. He has previously served as Online Campus Pastor at Generations Community Church in Marysville, WA, USA; Associate Pastor at Snohomish Church of the Nazarene; College and Young Adult Pastor at Moscow Church of the Nazarene in Moscow, ID, USA. Ian also writes at Starlyth.info (personal) and IanKirk.info (pastoral-ish)

  • Wisdom Bulk Up

    ‌‌📖 Read ‌Psalm 147:12–20; Proverbs 1:1–7; James 3:13–18 ‌🔎 Focus ‌The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise knowledge and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 Lamsa Version ‌… the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality…

  • Of Flesh and Heart

    ‌📖 Read ‌ Genesis 17:1-14; Leviticus 12:2-8; Jeremiah 4:3-4; Jeremiah 9:25-26; Luke 2:22-38; ‌🔎 Focus ‌ “Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer.”—Deuteronomy 10:16 (NRSVue) ‌‌✟ Devotion ‌ Circumcision is a core Jewish ritual. As such, we must remember that even Jesus was circumcised. ‌ It might seem…

  • Serving Your Judas

    ‌Before Judas Iscariot betrayed him, and while Jesus knew he would, Jesus washed his feet.

  • Dead and gone. Dead and here.

    ‌📖 Read ‌Matthew 22:31-32; Hebrews 11:33–12:2 ‌🔎 Focus ‌ “‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead but of the living.” Matthew 22:32 ‌“[Jesus] will come again to judge the living and the dead” The Apostle’s Creed ‌”I believe in…the resurrection…

  • Hallowed and Halos

    ‌📖 Read ‌Matthew 10:32–39; Matthew 28:16–20; Hebrews 11:33–12:2 ‌🔎 Focus “Everyone, therefore, who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven, but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.” ‌Matthew 10:32–33 NRSVue ‌ “I believe in…the communion of saints” The Apostle’s Creed ‌…

  • Evening Recall

    “Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly; gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her canopy. Between the vestibule and the altar, let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep.…

  • Separating Ourselves

    Romans 8:31–39, 1 John 4:7-12 📖 Read ‌Romans 8:31–39 , 1 John 4:7–12 ‌🔎 Focus ‌”…nothing…can separate us from the love of God…”Romans 8:39 ‌‌✟ Devotion ‌There is a fundamental truth, here, that no Christian should ever deny. Yet, if you read the list of “separators” that Paul notes, what do you see as missing?…

  • Hearts and Ashes

    Is, happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered, the way you live?

  • Devoted?

    Jesus said, “…if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?” It’s not just about an employer or shareholder or spouse or family, it’s about God.

  • Narrowed Ways

    ‌What if, when Jesus speaks about the narrow gates and hard roads, he was transitioning from treating others as you’d have them treat you to looking out for false prophets? The narrow gate and the hard road become transformed.