Why Your Anger Might Be More Dangerous Than You Think
The question isn't whether we'll face conflict and anger. We will. The question is: Will we let those challenges drive us toward greater Christlikeness and deeper community? Or will we let them harden our hearts and divide us from others?
Are We Missing the Point? (Part Two)
Maybe it's time to remember that church isn't supposed to be a place where perfect people gather to maintain their perfection. It's supposed to be a place where broken people come together to experience the healing, hope, and hospitality of Jesus.
Are We Missing the Point?
True hospitality isn't about having the right programs or saying the right words. It's about creating space where people can belong before they believe, where questions are welcomed rather than feared, and where someone's story matters more than their ability to recite the right theological answers.
Filled Full
The religious establishment interpreted Jesus's actions as an attack on everything they held sacred. Yet Jesus was not the rebellious child dismantling tradition—He was about to open them up into all their fullness.
Reviving the Church
The path forward requires a fundamental shift in perspective. Churches must move beyond merely "doing" church activities to authentically "being" the church. This distinction is more than semantic—it represents a complete reorientation of priorities and practices.
Salt, Light, and the Art of Transformative Living
In a world increasingly polarized between withdrawal and accommodation, Jesus offers his followers a third way—one that transforms rather than retreats, influences rather than isolates.
Ask, Seek, Knock
The more we experience God's generosity, the more generous we become. The more we receive His love, the more love we have to give. The more we understand His heart for us, the more our hearts expand for others.
Living the Prophetic Call: Truth, Grief, and Hope
In a world of half-truths, surface-level optimism, and willful blindness to suffering, the church finds itself with a unique and essential calling...to be truth-tellers, grief-sharers, and hope-bearers.
From Doubt to Faith
Breaking Through Our Impossible Barriers
On May 6, 1954, something remarkable happened that would forever change how we think about
A Woman and a Bunch of Men Caught in Their Sin
Proximity is simply being near someone, but presence is being fully engaged with them. Jesus did more than just occupy the same space as people—He was actively present, seeing them for who they truly were.
