This kind of power, rooted in the gospel, doesn't abandon us in our moments of weakness. Instead, it beckons us into a journey of surrender…
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This is not a sweet, polite tale of a good moral teacher but a radical story of the pursuit of God from the beginning of time for a people - you and I- that he fiercely loves to death…
Read MoreIn this Holy Week we journey with the humble King as he traverses toward the greatest act of love in history…
Read MoreAlthough the mountain top moments should be celebrated - where God feels near, provision is flowing and community is close - the hard reality is that so much of our Christian life is experienced in the everyday plodding…
Read MoreWe are no strangers to difficulty. Life, it often seems, is a dance between breathtaking mountain-top-moments and the deepest, most painful valleys. It’s a bittersweet journey and sometimes it happens so suddenly that you’re left winded, with your head spinning and a bad case of whiplash...
Read MoreJesus is familiar with our brokenness and moves towards us to set us free from the power of sin and by faith we can trust…
Read MoreBecause of Jesus, loneliness is not our eternal experience but a temporary reminder that we are in need of rescue, that we are made for relationship and proximity with another. Jesus has provided for both our rescue and our relationship with the eternal Creator…
Read MoreThere have been or will be times where we all experience what the Psalmist describes, the lying awake feeling alone, feelings of withering away, and daily tasks becoming a struggle. This is a reality of what it means to be human, that each of us long for wholeness and peace instead of suffering…
Read MoreHe is the Good Shepherd, The one who sits and mourns with us as we cry,
when we choose to take the pain to Him…
The Scriptures unveil to us that the maker of heaven and earth is our help and protector in times of need. These texts do not deny that there will be trouble; in fact they confirm that there will indeed be moments when we need shielding and covering from battle and destruction, but this is precisely when God shows Himself powerful…
Read MoreThe fact that the Almighty God makes promises to us is, in itself, something of wonder and awe - He declares truth, proclaims hope, and commits to covenant all that we need…
Read MoreWhen we say yes to Jesus, we experience the transformation of our whole selves, with the renewal of our mind, body and soul. This transformative process happens from the inside out, as he invites us to walk in the light, leaving darkness behind for joy….
Read MoreThankfully, God hasn’t left us to our own devices. He speaks through these scriptures to us, guiding us to live in his wisdom. These aren’t just general platitudes; his Word is alive and active, cutting to the core of who we are…
Read MoreWe see that Jesus isn’t an individual clawing at claims of divinity but that he operates with the full power of the Holy Spirit and the full affirmation of God the Father.
Read MoreThe Christmas story reminds us that we don’t worship a God who is distant, indifferent to the grazes and bruises of our stories, instead we worship a God who guides us through the landscape of our lives. Who is present in the heights of hilltop celebration and accompanies us through the depths when the darkness surrounds us…
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