Abigail Van Peursem, Author at POETICE Poetice exists to see God revealed and His followers activated. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:20:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://poetice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-fav_icon-1-32x32.jpg Abigail Van Peursem, Author at POETICE 32 32 Why We Play https://poetice.org/why-we-play/ Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:21:19 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=37171 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...

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]]> REVEAL + ACTIVATE https://poetice.org/reveal-activate/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:37:15 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=37073 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...

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]]> Let it Rain https://poetice.org/let-it-rain/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:57:57 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=37062 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...

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]]> Learning to live life with God on the inside of us. https://poetice.org/learning-to-live-life-with-god-on-the-inside-of-us/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:30:19 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=35724 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...

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]]> In Him there is No Darkness At All https://poetice.org/nodarknessatall/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:47:46 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=33902 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...

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]]> HOUSES LAUNCH https://poetice.org/houseslaunch/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:57:20 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=28945 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...

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]]> How did we get here? https://poetice.org/howdidwegethere/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:18:21 +0000 https://poetice.org/?p=27174 “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...

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