“It’s a long way to heaven.” I can’t tell you how many times my dad said that to me. It was a long way for him; he died at 91. Still, dad said that to me when he was young, like my age! His words were meant to slow me down, calm my anxieties and …
We love/hate preaching together. It’s inefficient but oh-so transformative. You’ve heard it said, “we don’t see things as they are we see them as we are.” Lord have mercy, that is true. Just give us one Scripture or one issue and we can have a rousing conversation that goes on and on! Whenever we speak …
“You Return To Me, I’ll Return To You!” Zechariah 1:3 Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal is one of our favorite pieces of art. It communicates the reality of God’s open-armed devotion to us. At every homecoming, this is our reality. Losing our way and returning is a part of the human condition. Whether we’ve been long …
When a season of prayer begins with the horrifying news of a mass shooting, children dead, parents grieving, students terrified….prayers must take on that reality. When people believe the words “praying” are soft and inactive, they may not know how Jesus taught us to pray. The words “Your Kingdom Come” are words that convict us …
Lent is not a season of deprivation it is a season to satiate the soul. The season of Lent prepares us to welcome more than we can imagine. Each year we fast and invite others to join us in fasting… not chocolate or coffee but fasting the negative fixations that don’t satisfy. Would you like …
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