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Homestead Revival First came the homesteading movement, next came the homestead revival meetings movement.

Around a table….In the field….On the job site…At church…Discipleship requires time and proximity.
10/08/2026

Around a table….
In the field….
On the job site…
At church…

Discipleship requires time and proximity.

I have personally wrestled with the Lord over this topic for months.Earlier this year, someone asked why we were still h...
01/08/2026

I have personally wrestled with the Lord over this topic for months.

Earlier this year, someone asked why we were still hosting fellowship dinners at our home.

My answer was simple:
“Because I refuse to let the sheep scatter again.”

We have watched people leave churches wounded, lonely, and without accountability. Some find healthy places to land. Others simply go through the motions while still feeling empty and unseen.

And it grieves me. More importantly, I believe it grieves Jesus.

Recently, I finally said to a friend, “I think I need to write this out. God is calling back the shepherds.”

And not in the way you may think.

The word translated as “pastor” in the New Testament is poimēn.

It means shepherd.

Not platform speaker.
Not church-building manager.
Not religious CEO.

Shepherd.

Biblical shepherds lived among the flock. They knew the sheep by name. They found food and water, recognized danger, fought predators, rescued the wandering, and understood when it was time to move.

They were gentle, but they were not fragile.
They carried lambs, but they also fought lions and bears.
The rod was not used to beat the sheep. It was used to fight off predators.
The staff was not used to control them. It was used to guide and rescue them.

And when the wolf came, the shepherd stayed.
The hireling ran.

Somewhere along the way, we reduced shepherding to preaching a sermon and managing an institution. But biblical shepherding was always more intimate, costly, discerning, and involved than that.

The shepherd dwells among the sheep. He knows when something is wrong because he is actually present. He knows when the food and water are no longer enough. He knows when confrontation is necessary. And most importantly, he knows the voice of the Father.

I believe the Lord is about to (or already is beginning to) reform the ministry of the shepherd within the Body of Christ. And do not be surprised when those shepherds do not look the way the religious institution expects.

They may be farmers, homesteaders, mothers, fathers, or people who are perceived as rough around the edges. They may never stand behind a pulpit.

But they will gather around tables, dwell among the people, protect the flock, confront the wolves, and refuse to let the sheep scatter again.

He is calling back the shepherds.

Read the full article, “He’s Calling Back the Shepherds,” on my Substack.

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If you think Yahweh isn’t moving and forming and reforming His bride—guess again. Just because you haven’t seen the refo...
29/07/2026

If you think Yahweh isn’t moving and forming and reforming His bride—guess again. Just because you haven’t seen the reformation within the church, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Maybe you’re just not in the right place yet.

Every week we talk to farmers and homesteaders (and more) that are hosting gatherings, baptisms, and fellowship meetings on their properties. Not because it’s a “trend”. Not because they are chasing “signs and wonders”. Not because of a denomination. Not because of entertainment. But because Jesus is calling. He is shoring up the foundations of His church so she can stand strong in Him.

We are seeing new believers come into the kingdom like never before. Just a few weeks ago, while talking to one of our Homesteaders of America speakers, she said “Amy, I’ve been in mission work and ministry for over 30 years and I have never had more people come to Christ than in the last 6 months right here on our farm. Probably more people than my entire 30 years combined—in 6 months.”

It is the simple, powerful, unadulterated Word that saves. We are just here to cultivate a space where the church can prepare, equip, repent, love, and grow.

Are you feeling the call? Are you seeing it too? Or are you feeling defeated and knocked down? Whatever it is, get to Homestead Revival (free and open to the public) on October 9th and see and hear exactly what the Lord is saying in these times. It’s going to be different this year, and we think you’re going to want to be there.

Homesteading isn’t random—it’s a calling.
A call back to simple and true.
A call back to communing around a table.
A call back to discipleship and knowing one another like family.
A call back to the promised land.
A call back to liberty.

Are you ready?

There is a great awakening happening in the land.You feel it, don’t you? In the soil under your nails. In the bread risi...
18/07/2026

There is a great awakening happening in the land.

You feel it, don’t you? In the soil under your nails. In the bread rising on your counter. In the quiet ache to live slower, truer, closer to the God who planted the very first garden. In the eagerness to take land and territory.

We didn’t come back to the land by accident. He called us here.

Homestead Revival | October 9th, 2026 | Homesteaders of America…completely free.

This isn’t a conference. It isn’t even a service. Revival was never meant to be something we attend—it’s something we live. So come sit in His presence. Come for testimony, for hope, for exhortation, for commission. Come worship in the open air worshipping alongside an acoustic set Friday evening, and let the weariness of a long day fall away in the presence of Yahweh.

We’re going to unpack how this back-to-the-land movement is a move of God—calling His church back to simple fellowship, honest work, real community, and the advancing of His kingdom.

”…aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands… that you may lack nothing.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12

The tent is going up. The tables are being set. Will you come?

🔗 Details at homesteadrevival.com (link in bio)

We were endowed with inalienable rights by our Creator. Yet it’s hard to fathom that we live in a country where you are ...
04/07/2026

We were endowed with inalienable rights by our Creator. Yet it’s hard to fathom that we live in a country where you are considered a tenant, not an owner, of your property. If you don’t pay personal property taxes, your land will be taken from you.

There are many reasons why it’s hard to look at America and wonder how we got to where we are today. How a nation that was once so free is now so arguably not. And yet, it is even harder to think that it is still more free than most other nations.

On the 250th birthday of America, may we richly and deeply set with these things in our heart. Freedom must be fought for. It is not something you declare and then hope happens. It is a process of day in and day out, fighting for freedom. Our founding fathers knew this.

Men didn’t just sign a document and suddenly they were free. In fact many of them (and their families) lived lives that were not peaceful. They were ridiculed and persecuted.

Richard Stockton was captured by Loyalists in late 1776 and imprisoned in harsh conditions in New York. His estate, Morven, was looted and occupied. Francis Lewis had his Long Island home destroyed by the British, and his wife was taken prisoner and treated harshly. Abraham Clark had two sons captured and held on the notorious British prison ship HMS Jersey, where conditions were deadly. He reportedly refused to recant his signature even when it might have improved their treatment. John Witherspoon—the only clergyman signer—lost his son James, killed at the Battle of Germantown (1777). Rutledge, Heyward, and Middleton were captured when Charleston fell in 1780 and held as prisoners of war before being exchanged. John Hart had his farm raided and had to flee; his health was already failing and he died in 1779.

These men fought for freedom. They knew the price they had to pay. The question today—250 years later—is this….

How willing are you to fight for freedom?

May God direct this nation in the days ahead. May we never forget that it is only by His hand that we are free. And may we all understand that there is a much greater kingdom to be a part of, with a king that rules forever, and His name is Jesus.

God bless America

Sometimes—in the midst of all of the churchy things and rules and taught beliefs—I think we forget this verse. Actually,...
02/07/2026

Sometimes—in the midst of all of the churchy things and rules and taught beliefs—I think we forget this verse. Actually, we forget a lot of verses. In fact, we forget to think with the mind of Christ, often, and instead think on how other people did and do things.

I am noticing the beginning of a peak in the body of Christ right now. The church has entered into a new era. She becomes more and more turned towards and into the image of Jesus. And this next reformation has already begun.

If you aren’t in it, you won’t see it. If you aren’t talking to leaders within the church, you won’t understand it. But here’s what we are going to see, and are already seeing. We are beginning to see a great push back on what God is doing, from some of the least likely of places.

Some of the high capacity leaders that I have followed for years have suddenly decided to grasp hold of the last bit of the tradition of man instead of shed it off. We are beginning to see an unnecessary attack on home churches, small groups, and movements of the church outside of the four walls of a building. From places you wouldn’t have expected.

And the religious spirit calls it “rebellion”. Don’t get me wrong, there is rebellion. But we cannot broad stroke everything as rebellion. Isaiah said it best, “do not call EVERYTHING a conspiracy.”

Our family has been on an extended sabbatical from traditional church since November of last year. We host fellowship dinners at our home every weekend. I have intentionally poured more into people—new believers, non-believers, leaders, pastors, elders. And I have been poured into, too. Proximity matters.

And when I read this verse, for this season we are in, it resonates with me. After telling Yeshua all the things we’ve done, He says “come away to a deserted place, and rest.”

With Him. With a small group. With the circle of friends and co-laborers.

The backbone of the next reformation of the church is being set on the small pillars in the community that are being firmly rooted through covenant friendship and leadership so that growth can be sustained again. Be careful not to despise it. Instead, pray into it. Yahweh is here and moving.

One of the most beautiful things that many have missed out on in the modern church is the ebb and flow of unity and will...
12/05/2026

One of the most beautiful things that many have missed out on in the modern church is the ebb and flow of unity and willingness to search the heart of God together in leadership.

Any well-organized entity advances and becomes efficient. But when things are chaotic, inactive, controlling, and full of discord and strife, that is your clue that the foundation is shifty!

Not surprisingly, because much of the church is still just now beginning to understand the New Testament structure, there is a rumbling taking place. When we begin to see how Jesus structured the church (not in hierarchy or tradition), with Him as the head and cornerstone, we realize it takes a lot of burden off of us as individuals and instead shows us a unique and strong structure that can withhold all He has for His bride.

We can then duplicate and take ground.

When we embrace this instead of trying to control it, something shifts. When we focus on communicating, healthy confrontation, discipleship, and yielding to one another, we begin to see a greater picture of our mission.

You can learn more about things like this on our website as you begin to desire the shift in your church, home gathering, community, and storehouse.

We are working on adding more and more to our resources page!

Romans, Thessalonians, Ephesians, John—so many scriptures in the Bible talk about being chosen by God before the foundat...
02/05/2026

Romans, Thessalonians, Ephesians, John—so many scriptures in the Bible talk about being chosen by God before the foundations of the earth. God is all knowing, all seeing, all powerful. At the beginning and end, He is there. He is outside of all time and space. Yet He chose those whom He knew He could entrust His gift to. It doesn’t mean you won’t mess up. It doesn’t mean some won’t fall away.

But here’s what it does mean….

It means that the God of all creation knows that with Christ within you, you have the ability and capacity to never turn away. You have the ability to take the “bags of gold” He entrusts to you and duplicate it—just like the parable in Matthew 25 says.

If He has chosen you and has given you something He entrusts you with—run with it. There are guardrails. There are boundaries. But faith is the difference between sharing it and advancing it, or hiding it away and not even collecting interest.

You are not working for your salvation—it is free. But faith without works is dead.

In the parables of the bags of gold, the Master gave each servant different amounts of bags of gold according to their ability and capacity. It was free. But He expected them to do something with it before He returned.

The one with five bags and the one with two bags invested and made more. But the servant given one bag was afraid and hid his bag away. When the Master returned He told the servants that did something with what they had been given, that they would be given even more, and He would place them in authority over others. But the one who did nothing, he was called a wicked servant. For even putting it in the bank to collect interest would’ve been better than doing nothing.

The moral of the story—
You are chosen. You’ve been entrusted with a gift. God entrusts you with the gifts He gives you and expects you to use and advance them. You are working out your salvation with fear and trembling, but works won’t save you.

Let this encourage you in everyday life—you have a God who sees you and entrusts you because of Christ within you. This takes the burden off of you—His burden is light. And when He returns, He wants to find you ready.

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