A couple of millennia ago a tentmaker found himself in prison after stirring a public dispute. The longer he sat in the cell, the more he felt neglected and forgotten. Yet he managed to push through the darkness and depression to pen a series of letters. Meanwhile,...
Over the last week an online conversation has emerged about platform building. Beth Moore calls us Christward when she writes: “This is what I know for certain. It would be unspeakably better for us to drop into obscurity than sell our souls. We may have to make the...
God is with you. God is for you. God has not forgotten you. Sometimes in the midst of difficult seasons, I forget. I lose any sense of God’s deep love. I lose sight of his abundant grace. And I let go of his promises. Scripture reminds us that no matter what our...
If only you were here. I’d greet you with a warm hug and three words: He is risen. Leif and I are still in pajamas. I’ll make you a latte or tea or pull that icy Coke out of the fridge for you. You snuggle into our grey couch. We watch the sunrise. And chat...
Afterward. That’s a cliff word. A leap. A jump. A spiral. A dive. In today’s #LentChallenge reading of John 21:1-14, we begin find the disciples fishing again. But the passage launches with three syllables… Afterward. Which means there’s a Beforeword. That’s where we...
