Have you ever wondered why the church is called to gather together? Why can’t we just turn on some worship music on Spotify, watch a sermon on YouTube, read the Bible on …
Judge Not
We live in such an interesting point in time, don’t we? On the one hand, we’re encouraged to rate and review everything—our favorite restaurants, businesses, workouts, books, podcasts, shows, and …
Dealing With Uncertainties – How the Genealogy of Jesus Can Help
What’s weighing on your heart and mind these days? What sorts of doubts and uncertainties are flurrying around you? Perhaps it’s something related to COVID, the supply chain, your work, …
Dealing with Feelings of Insignificance
Have you ever felt insignificant? Perhaps it’s something someone said to you, the way they looked at you, or the fact that they didn’t even look at you. Have …
The Paradox of Power
What comes to mind when you think about power? Is it Putin, Trump, Jeff Bezos, or anyone else on the Forbes list of most powerful people? Or maybe it’s Spiderman because of that infamous phrase …
Stuck Living in the Past? Try this.
Is there something from your past that you’ve tried to bury away, lock up, and forget? Perhaps you’ve been able to keep it hidden underneath the surface—for the most part—until …
What to Pray for One Another
When a close friend said and did things that hurt me beyond belief, when my dad was diagnosed with cancer, when I was unsure what I was going to eat for the next two weeks because I didn’t have enough money for groceries, and when …
3 Ways to Pray
If you were to describe your prayer life with three words, which of the following three words would you use? Here are a few that you can choose from: Brief, …
The Lie We Believe About Work
Why do we identify so much with our jobs? Why do we even care about titles, designations, nameplates, bios, and the letters after our names? And why does it hurt …
Hypocrites R Us
Have you ever looked up the definition of a “hypocrite” in a dictionary? When I did this past week, I found the standard definition that one might expect: “A person …