His Cave was not His Grave
Elijah’s story reminds us that God meets us in the cavern of our own despair and discouragement and changes everything.
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Trinity: The Wind and the Dance
The word Trinity never appears in Scripture, and yet the whole arc of the Bible bends toward this deep wonder: God is not solitary. God is relational. God is love.
The Story Continues: Pentecost
The same Spirit that reversed Babel, fulfilled ancient promises, and launched the early church is still moving today - creating understanding where there's confusion, building bridges where there are walls, and reminding us that we're all part of one magnificent, ongoing story.
Swimming in an Ocean of Love
Most of us grew up thinking Christianity was about following Jesus – being good, following rules, trying our best to live like he did. But here, Jesus reveals something deeper. He's inviting us into the family circle, into the very heart of divine love itself.
Lydia and the Awe of Heaven
By the time the Spirit reroutes Paul to Macedonia, Lydia has already turned from the Roman gods of her city and aligned herself with the One God of Israel. So when Paul spoke of Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, Lydia took the next step in the path she was already walking.
Love: The Mark of a New Creation
When we love as Jesus loved – across differences, beyond our comfort, despite possible disappointment – we make the invisible God visible. Our love becomes the lens through which others can glimpse the divine reality that holds all things together.
The Shepherd's Voice: Security in an Uncertain World
As always, our Easter journey is about hearing the Shepherd who knows us by name, gives us eternal life, and holds us securely in his hands.
Do You Love Me? Lessons from the third Sunday in Easter
Resurrection is not a one-and-done event. It is a way of seeing. A way of being. A rhythm of grace that pulses through every act of love, every turning of sorrow to song.
Peace Be Unto You: The Breath Between Doubt and Wonder
What if this Sunday, we remembered that resurrection isn’t about escaping doubt, or dancing over death, or pretending we have no wounds? What if it is this: that Jesus meets us right in the middle of our fear, our ache, our questioning, and breaths?
The Imagination of God
Resurrection is not the reversal of death. It is God’s radical imagination of life itself. It exemplifies the certainty that divine love is not hemmed in by what we think possible.
The Singer in the Parking Lot
We don’t usually see a guy singing in the parking lot at our grocery. After all, we live in suburbia, not downtown. But we heard him as we walked from our car toward Aldi’s. When I saw him, my first thought was he might be a little off.
Strange Road to Peace: From a Donkey and to the Cross
Palm Sunday to Good Friday -- a week that began with high hopes, only to end in what appeared to be tragic defeat. But things were not as they seemed.
Lent 5 - Extravagant Devotion: The Path to New Life
This Week in The Way of Grace We’re in Week 5 of Lent, which brings us to page 59 in our book, The Way of Grace: Gospel Stories for Lent. Of course, whether you have a book or not, here’s an overview of all four readings for this
Lent
Lent 4: The Journey Home
Lent is the season of return, the time of rolling away shame, the moment when exile begins to end. Not just for us as individuals, but for our communities, our churches, our world.
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When the World is Whole
Isaiah's vision of the future is the confidence that one day the most primal instincts of Creation will be transformed into the ultimate expression of God's shalom.
Lent
Lent 3: The Patient Gardener's Gift
This is the heart of grace: not just a one-time invitation, but an ongoing commitment to what is best for us. God does not just call us once and walk away. God cultivates us.
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Today Shalom: The Fruit of Right Living
When I was a kid, I remember a preacher saying that the “big word, righteousness” simply meant to do what was “right.” That’s a good shorthand definition.
Lent
Glory and Resilience: 2nd Sunday in Lent
The Transfiguration story shows us the glory of God revealed just before Jesus faces opposition. Yet, he remains faithful and steadfast.
Lent
The Temptation of Jesus: First Sunday in Lent
When confronted by Satan’s temptation, three times Jesus quotes exclusively from Deuteronomy 6-8. He knows he's standing in for Israel in these stories in order to re-tell it as God had intended. In the language of the school yard, Israel – through Jesus – gets a “do over” and so do we.
Ash Wednesday
Dust and Grace: The Journey of Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday isn't just a religious ritual, it is a call to awareness instead of self-deception; to life in the face of death; and, to transformation in and through Jesus Christ.
Transfiguration
Experience Mountain Top Glory
From Moses' radiant face at Sinai to Jesus' Transfiguration, God's glory transforms those who encounter it. Paul reminds us that in Christ, we live unveiled, reflecting a lasting transformation. Discover how God's presence changes us permanently.
Epiphany
Love That Transforms
Jesus calls us to defy the world's logic of revenge and scarcity—offering a love that transforms enemies, heals wounds, and sets us free.
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Writing Love Letters for Peace
Maybe the greatest work of peace isn’t about winning arguments but embodying peace itself. Maybe the way we speak, act, and carry ourselves is the first step in the peacemaking process.
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Peacemakers: God's Children
Jesus’ blessing on the peacemakers is not just a word of encouragement—it’s a call to action. It’s an invitation to partner with God in setting things right.