Jesus did not like it when people commodified religion.

It can be helpful to think of anger as a positive emotion - something that helps human flourishing, something that reflects something good in the character of God.

Take a few moments today to ponder what it might look like to channel some of your anger energy into healing.

The dictionary definition of ‘indignant’ is: feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment. So, basically, it means to be mad about injustice.

The ancients knew trauma and knew hope…

One of the reasons that the Psalms tell us often to hold on is because they know our tendency to give up.

If you can decode the religious language Paul talks about, he’s trying to unpack grief and lament.

Today we ask the question, why are those who mourn blessed…

This is perhaps the least quoted and least honored of all of the promises of Jesus: You will grieve. - John 16:20

et in touch with your own inner ache for justice, for peace, and for healing

Today we make the distinction between guilt and shame

Jesus tells a parable about people who were treated shamefully…

There are lots of different perspectives on what form evil takes in our day and age.

 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. - John 3:17

On Sunday Stephen Liu closed the service with this song…

Each night at bedtime I (Bill) would hear Katy give a blessing to each of the kids.

We’ve been thinking about attachment theory this week and what a huge difference it makes to have the deep experience of being grounded in God’s love, feeling a secure attachment to God as our loving parent.

Today we look at what may well have been the single biggest turning point in Jesus’s ministry.

Yesterday our friend Justin McArdle preached about attachment theory - the approach to therapy that helps us sort through how to form stable, healthy, secure attachments to God and others

Sit with these fresh beatitudes for a moment and see if you can let the blessings in.