When we’re up close with nature, the beauty is undeniable. But it can be harder to see the beauty that comes from being created by God when it comes to people.
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The Six-Fold Test Can Propel Us Forward as a Beloved Community
We continue to press in and press on, even when we do not get it right.
Keep the Hope Fires Burning
“So tending to hope requires breath—not only the monitoring of our own breathing in self-care, but the continual breath of the Holy Spirit.”
A Brittle Examination
Prayer, if authentic, requires honesty. And honesty before God requires being honest with myself.
Shhh…Listen Closely
The angel tells him to do something critically important: Eat and take a nap. It’s almost ridiculous, isn’t it?
A Living Hope
Saturated—the word means soaked, drenched . . . unable to hold any more hope because we are entirely filled with it.
I Will Need to Hear Those Words
I believe Dilly reached through her confusion and touched her soul’s bedrock, her own true self.
Take Two Christian Terms and Call Me in the Morning
During an ad-break for a streaming TV drama, a question occurred to me—one of those questions I felt dumb for not knowing the answer to: Why do pharmaceuticals always have two names?
The Only New Year’s Resolution Worth Keeping
How deep does your own fear run when you think of letting go of something you might be holding too tightly?
A Word for the Weary
Our relational cup remains relatively empty (and for a relational movement like ours, this is particularly painful) as we grapple with social distancing and try to connect through interacting via screens. Any novelty and initial exhilaration of church online has worn off.
When Branches Grow
While useless if you just push it, a rope can be used to pull anything if adequate force is applied.
If It’s Sheep Versus Goats, Pick the GOAT
“One small silver lining in the rancor about race in America is that it might help propel us beyond polite dishonesty into real conversation.”