God Speaks Into the Mess
God didn't wait for the world to clean itself up before he showed up. Jesus was placed in a feeding trough — a food trough — at birth. Not exactly where you'd expect to find a king, let alone the God who made everything. But that's the kind of God we serve.
The Fork in the Road
This is the fork in the road between "well done good and faithful" and "go away, I don't know you."
How to Be an Inviting Church
While you can't change the whole world on your own, you can make a meaningful impact in one, two, or three lives. If every follower of Jesus made this kind of impact, the world would begin moving toward God's kingdom.
What Does the Bible Say About Giving?
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Let your giving reflect a heart that's fully surrendered to God's generous love.
Life is Precious
For those who call on God's name, life is precious and sacred. And the life most precious and sacred is the one which, today, hangs in the balance between now and eternity.
Finding Your Gift
Remember, God has placed you exactly where you are for a reason. No one else can do what you're called to do in exactly the way you're designed to do it. Your faithful service, however imperfect, matters more than you know.
The Power of Prayer and Fasting: Deepening Your Relationship with God
Prayer is a fundamental way we communicate with God, yet many of us find it challenging. As we enter a new season in our church and in our personal lives, we're called to become a praying and fasting community that seeks God's will above all else.
What Does It Mean That God Is Love?
In a world filled with endless distractions and competing desires, understanding what it truly means that "God is love" can feel overwhelming. Yet this fundamental truth about God's character offers us the most profound hope and direction for our lives.
Looking to the Manger
As we go about our days, let us return frequently to the manger, remembering that God is still with us today, waiting to be born and reborn in our lives anew.
Love Comes in the Waiting: An Advent Reflection on Love
An Advent devotional filled with love.
