President John Wenrich Shares Easter Blessing
Thirteen chapters before Jesus is betrayed, Luke tells us, “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out
Thirteen chapters before Jesus is betrayed, Luke tells us, “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out
Prayer, if authentic, requires honesty. And honesty before God requires being honest with myself.
The angel tells him to do something critically important: Eat and take a nap. It’s almost ridiculous, isn’t it?
Saturated—the word means soaked, drenched, unable to hold any more hope because we are entirely filled with it.
I believe Dilly reached through her confusion and touched her soul’s bedrock, her own true self.
During an ad-break for a streaming TV drama, a question occurred to me—one of those questions I felt dumb for not knowing the answer to: Why do pharmaceuticals always have two names?
How deep does your own fear run when you think of letting go of something you might be holding too tightly?
Our relational cup remains relatively empty (and for a relational movement like ours, this is particularly painful) as we grapple with social distancing and try to connect through interacting via screens. Any novelty and initial exhilaration of church online has worn off.
“One small silver lining in the rancor about race in America is that it might help propel us beyond polite dishonesty into real conversation.”
