Daily Devotional
The single word exclamations we used daily are reflected - and carried deeper - in the Psalms.
Read MoreIt’s not possible to grow in your prayer life without become well-versed in your own emotions.
Read MoreToday we listen to the poet to make sure we’re leaning in to the complexities of walking away.
Read MoreSometimes time gives us a long enough perspective for there to be some reconciliation.
Read MoreWhat do we do with Jesus’s teaching that when others’ don’t accept us we should shake the dust off our feet?
Read MoreScripture gives a couple of disclaimers when it comes to reconciling. We don’t always have to do that work - sometimes we’re allowed to walk away.
Read MoreSometimes conflict disrupts Christian community. That’s the way it has always been - all the way back to the early church.
Read MoreToday we get to reflect on three quotes from the wise as we consider what mentoring means.
Read MoreSometimes the next step for our spiritual life is very simple. When it comes to gaining wisdom, it can be as simple as scheduling a walk with someone you consider wise.
Read MoreSometimes Paul comes off sounding arrogant (like in our passage today). Perhaps there’s another way to look at it (while still acknowledging that he can be kind of arrogant!)
Read MoreThe gospel writer Mark had a bunch of mentors throughout his life. Do you?
Read MoreJust starting to think about mentors (and some of the myths we bring to mentoring).
Read MoreToday we reflect on how the broken are invited into the kingdom but those of us who refuse to admit our weakness never find a way in.
Read MoreBelovedness is the ground of our being, not shamefulness. If we get that right, everything else follows.
Read MoreTo love our neighbors as ourselves means that Jesus thinks it’s healthy to love ourselves! Too bad many of us think humility means not loving ourselves.
Read MoreResearch on humility shows that it’s a predictor of all kinds of good things… Just like the Bible promises.
Read MoreHumility has been weaponized over and over again against those on the margins and against the hearts and souls of children growing up in the faith. Perhaps Jesus can redeem it for us now.
Read MoreWe listen in on the poet’s invitation to enter into Brave Space with one another.
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