The Good Shepherd Needs No Fences
We are all worthy of that sort of love, of a shepherd who leaves everything to save us; we are all worthy of a community who celebrates our return.
Setting Everything Down to Follow Jesus
“We must not foolishly cling to things,” Ajahn Chah writes. We hold them, for a time, but we “let them go. Good or bad, we let them all go.”
Dreams of Light Rising in Darkness
The mess of this world should break all of our hearts, but what we have in Isaiah, in Jesus, is a reminder that God has far better dreams for us.
Live In Your Faith, Little Flock
Having faith this morning means stepping out into our hopes, certain that God will indeed give us the kingdom when we choose to live in love.
Prayer: Not Just for the Monks
Prayer allows us to sit with the God of love, transforming our frustrations into opportunities to show love, mercy, and grace. It changes everything.
The Uncommon Sense of our Uncommon Teacher
I can imagine Jesus using his teaching voice to explain this love... Our teacher knows that we, like little children, learn best through stories.
Flags, Faith, and Service to the King
Our relationship with God, our willingness to live lives of love and peace in relationship, our identity as a new creation, that is indeed everything.
The Good Fruit of Following Jesus
Following Christ is a demanding task. This Christian life is not an intellectual assent to creeds nor a box checked. It is a full life transformation.
All Means All: Nationalities, Sexualities, Everyone
We must find ways to live and advocate for love in our own families, in our communities, in our nation, and in our world that so desperately needs it.
An Invitation to World-Changing Relationships
We are invited as followers of Christ to change the world, to bring forth the kingdom of God in our daily lives. And we can start doing it today.
God’s Presence Changes Everything Still Today
God’s presence is available and with us today, comforting us, teaching us, reminding us, shaping us, to make this all more like the Kingdom of God.
Nancy's Love in this Life and the Next
Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his mercy, lost in his love.