Fear in our spiritual lives can harm us for three reasons: God has not come to harm us; God does not stand still, and God is meant to be mysterious. All He expects us to do is come to him in faith.
What is the hunger that has no name? It’s the soul reaching out for a closer walk with God and His Christ, and we often trade it for the things that do not feed our real hunger. For whomever feeds us, owns us. Let it be the hand of God.
Where is the line between wisdom and want? And what are the risks in crossing it? God taught Solomon — and all of us — how a bit of humility can help us stay on the side of wisdom.
Read MoreJacob’s night in the wilderness is about the human encounter with God - how God shows up for us between yesterday and tomorrow. Between a rock and a hard place. Between the days before COVID and the days when that threat will be removed. It’s when we are the most vulnerable. What better place for a ladder to God to show up?
Read MoreOur journey to the other side of this pandemic is not back to the same place we were. But learning how to live in a new place will be worth the trip. Because the God of all things has assured us there will be a better tomorrow, better than yesterday ever was. Let take the first steps of that journey, together.
Read MoreAre we all weary? Yes. But numbing our emotions puts us at risk of turning off our calling to share the gospel and minister to this world, in all its brokenness. God invites us to yoke ourselves — with peace and confidence — to the only place our souls can rest.
Read MoreJust as Abraham trusted God in the hardest decisions in his life, we need to trust God into all of the details of our lives, even when the way is at its darkest. Will we make that trust walk with God?
Read MoreThe times we live in beg the question: If we have already died and been raised to new life through our baptism, how now shall we live?
Read MoreGod is busy doing something in the world today. What we will look like on the other side of all this will be wonderful.
Read MoreGod is busy doing something in the world today. What we will look like on the other side of all this will be wonderful.
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