Sunday: Who Deserves the Blessing?
Faith, The sun rises and sets on saints and sinners. The wicked prosper and the faithless live at ease. The rain falls on outlaws and missionaries. The story of God proceeds through saints and sinners. I find it so helpful that the Bible is such an honest book. The story in which we find ourselves (the Bible)…
Sunday, Forming the People of God
Faith, God wired all of us to search for our identity. After all, when we know who we are, we know what to do. Typically, we tie our identity to a narrative or story important to us. For some people, the story of their pain determines their identity. For others, the story of their…
Sunday: The Extraordinary Ordinary Church
Faith, I've been a part of the Church my whole life, and I have seen some crazy things! In one church I served, I met a woman who was almost 90 years old who started tithing (giving 10%) of her income to her local church when she was 12. She grew up in a farming…
Sunday: Love’s New Creation–Yes!
Faith, It's Easter week! Think of the power of YES! Holy Week reminds us again, "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ" (2 Corinthians 2:20). Your birth was God's "Yes!" Each breath is another divine "Yes!" Each new day is His loving, "Yes, yes, yes!" And what does God ask in return?…