On Sunday, Nechelle Spencer described what God is like to her, that being a stream of light through a window in the morning.

The point is that Christ ends up being everything we really need and everything good about God.

Living in a consumer-capitalist-driven society renders us constantly to “do” and “produce,” especially as Christmas looms on the horizon.

Real friendship often requires conflict.

Each of us are looking for some community.

A dozen times in this book of the Bible, Ruth is called a Moabite. It’s a short book, so it’s not like we forgot!

Have you ever found yourself in a bad situation, and you have a nagging feeling you caused it? 

For courage when you thought things would be different by now

What if the Beatitudes were still being written today?

What does hope sound like? What if it sounded like the call of a goose…

The clear reading of the text is not in question. But that doesn’t make it right.

Yesterday we talked about taking risks. Today, that risk is to believe what Jesus says about us.

What does it mean that God’s love is infinite and eternal?

What a great scene from The Chosen… except it is just like us

Why do I admire others who show emotions and cry but see it as a weakness in myself?

It’s such a powerful experience to be in the presence of someone who sees our brokenness and who sees through the brokenness to the invincible preciousness of our self

Isn’t there something strangely comforting about Mary’s first reaction to God speaking that she was ‘confused and disturbed‘?

Perhaps this is judgy of me (wouldn’t be surprising) but I envision the setting of this teaching as Black Friday.

Regardless of what challenges this season has brought your way, there’s always space for gratitude.