What Exodus Teaches Us About Navigating Change
God didn’t just reassure his people, he also declared a new thing in Isaiah 43 and through the story of…
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The Comparison Trap, and Remembering to See Ourselves as God Sees Us (Take Five)
It’s so easy to look at others and compare ourselves, isn’t it? It’s been said that comparison leads us to…
Divine Attitude Adjustment: How God Gave Me a Grateful Heart
In this post, RJ shares about her financial struggles and how God showed her his goodness in the midst of…
Voices: a poem, asking God for help hearing his voice above all others
Do you ever feel that God’s voice is hard to hear amongst all the bustle and noise of our lives?…
Making a Memorial for Jesus
Establishing memorials is a normal human activity. We establish memorials as a way to remind us of a person or…
Thinking Honestly About the Lord’s Prayer
If we have been in church for more than a few years, we know the Lord’s Prayer by heart and…
Because of My Love For You, a Poem of Communion
This poem is by Frank Carpenter, written as a meditation on the act of taking the Lord’s Supper. Because of…
What I learned about God through pruning my garden
Pruning is valuable, in the natural world but also in the spiritual. At the end of the flower season, when…
Are You Listening?
When we study the Hebrew roots of our Christian faith, we can often discover a difference between the Hebrew meaning…
Red light. Grace light.
Truth and grace lie on a spectrum. Some of us place a high value on truth. We proclaim boldly and…
The Frustrating Cycle (And Why I Am Grateful For It)
One of our favorite stories in the Bible is the great story of Nehemiah. In it, we find drama, opposition,…
The Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness and Goodness
If we do not see how Jesus cares for us, we will not care for what He cares for. We…