Mar 31, 2021
Communion. The Eucharist. The Lord's Supper. The name might vary depending on your tradition, but the sacrament we celebrate at the Table is meant to be a powerful reminder. We recall Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. And through this sacrament, we are enabled to live our lives in remembrance.
In this Holy Week...
Mar 24, 2021
We often feel immense pressure to prove ourselves. We start to believe we are what we do, what we look like, what we have, what we can control, or what others say about us. And it is exhausting.
I've been learning that Jesus felt this pressure to prove, too. But his identity was grounded in something greater. He was...
Mar 17, 2021
This week marks one year since many of us began to experience changes to our way of life thanks to COVID-19. Several weeks into said changes, I remember thinking to myself, "This is significant and probably something I need to pay attention to."
But part of paying attention is intentional reflection. Reflection leads...
Mar 10, 2021
For most of my life, I thought humility meant I had to somehow intentionally put myself down or deny any sort of encouragement or affirmation. But as Rick Warren so famously said, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself, less."
The truth is, we can think too highly and too lowly...
Mar 3, 2021
One of the many things I've been learning recently is the distinction between memorizing Scripture and remembering it. There's a difference between memorizing the words and remembering the message. The latter deeply impacts the people we are becoming and forms us into the people God calls us to be. Today we're exploring...