Don't Lead with Wrestling
By Ryan Matthias
01/30/26
6mins

Don't Lead with Wrestling

When we consider our own end, it will not bring us into a final wrestling match with the messenger of God, but into the embrace of the Messiah of God.
The Callings of Jesus
Jason Oakland
Jason Oakland
01/29/26

The Callings of Jesus

What do such callings look like? They are ordinary and everyday.
Why Christian Tradition? Why Absolution and Mercy
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/28/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why Absolution and Mercy

This is the third in a series meant to let the Christian tradition speak for itself, the way it has carried Christians through long winters, confusion, and joy for centuries.

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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
01/15/21

Of Works And Grace

The kingdom of Christ consists in finding all our praise and boast in grace. Other works should be free, not to be urged, nor should we wish by them to become Christians, but condescend with them to our neighbor.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
01/14/21

The Secret to Growing Your Faith

In our transactional view of our faith - “If I don’t… then God won’t.” “I need to, so God can” - we are seriously underestimating who we are dealing with.
Brennan Manning
Brennan Manning
01/07/21

My Deepest Awareness of Myself

My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
01/01/21

Dominus Mortis

Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
12/30/20

Inspiration from Mr. Rogers about Coping with a Pandemic

Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/24/20

Waiting with Simeon

We’ve hung on every whisper of hope that this way of life would end and a new one would rise to take its place.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
12/21/20

To Us a Child is Born: Prince of Peace

Christian peace is not the absence of problems, but it is the presence of God amid our pain and sorrows.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
12/18/20

Fruitful Solitude: Thoughts About Loneliness During the Holidays

The way through loneliness will lie in the blessing of solitude and the care of God.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
12/15/20

To Us a Child is Born: Everlasting Father

The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/06/20

The Things We Carry to Church

"Come to me, all you who are weary of being you, and simply be mine."
Kathy Morales
Kathy Morales
12/03/20

The Confession of a Prodigal

Jesus does not seek out Peter to condemn, but to restore his precious lost sheep, His dearly loved prodigal son.
Jay Sawrie
Jay Sawrie
12/02/20

Fear & Fruit Bearing

Bearing fruit is wonderful, but you do not stay a Christian through fruit-bearing. You bear fruit and are growing because you are united to Christ.
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