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Nov 28, 20214 min read

We Need the Darkness

The thing is, we need darkness. Life needs darkness. Seeds need the darkness deep down in the the dirt to sprout.

Nov 21, 20215 min read

We Are Called to Shine

God built us this way. God gave us this light that shines through us.

Nov 14, 20214 min read

To Care & To Be Cared For

Our God’s desire for us is an attitude of acceptance for our deeply human need to feel cared about and to feel cared for.

Nov 7, 20215 min read

Trusting In God's Abundance

As followers of Jesus, we are called to live into resurrection, to risk our discomfort, fear, and skepticism for the sake of abundance.

Oct 30, 20215 min read

Stewardship: Carrying Each Other's Hope

Stewardship is about choosing this St. Luke’s family and the God we love, as Ruth chose Naomi and the God she loved.

Oct 23, 20216 min read

Come Healing

In times of suffering do you find yourself asking “why” questions of God?

Oct 16, 20214 min read

Holding Suffering

In a universe created by God and in which humans live, the challenge is how to hold these two contradictions together.

Oct 9, 20215 min read

From Shallow Comfort to Life Abundant

How do we open ourselves to the words of the prophets around us? Are we willing to see ourselves clearly, honestly? Are we ready to put our

Oct 2, 20215 min read

Loving Creation: An Act of Worship

To stop and to notice. To love and to be loved. That’s the gift of our beloved pets. It’s the gift of God’s creation all around us.

Sep 25, 20215 min read

Literalism, Certainty & Belonging

There’s a reason biblical literalism is so appealing: it simplifies things. It creates a sense of certainty that makes us feel safe.

Sep 18, 20213 min read

She Is Strong

Jesus is telling the disciples and us that God sees us fully in our vulnerability when we acknowledge that about ourselves and each other.

Sep 11, 20216 min read

Faith: Our Response to Suffering

Understanding why suffering exists is beside the point. What is important to our faith, is how we respond to suffering.

Sep 4, 20214 min read

Don't You Tell Me No

When Jesus heals the Syrophoenician woman's daughter, he demonstrates that her persistence, her relentlessness, is what faith can look like.

Aug 28, 20215 min read

Compelling Not Compulsory

I hope your faith in Christ is such a compelling force that you can’t help but be drawn to it over and over again.

Aug 22, 20215 min read

The Next Grace-Filled Thing

Being the Body of Christ is about doing the next right thing. Or I would say doing the next grace-filled thing.

Aug 15, 20214 min read

Sharing Bread is Sharing Community

Bread does fill our stomachs, but it doesn’t fill our hearts– only Jesus can do that.

Aug 7, 20215 min read

Good News Means We Can't Be Separated

Grace is knowing that there is nothing—not sin, not suffering, not even death—that can separate you from God’s love.

Jul 31, 20215 min read

Take, Eat, This is My Body

Asking for help, leaning on the Body of Christ, is exactly what faith looks like.

Jul 24, 20215 min read

We Are the Miracle

Miracles have not disappeared. The abundance is there. The world is just waiting for the Body of Christ to make them happen.

Jul 17, 20214 min read

Compassion: Simple But Not Easy

True compassion springs forth from an internal feeling – a self-acceptance of ourselves and our own individual weaknesses.

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