Rock Solid Hope
If you were to explore the more than 400 inhabited islands of Japan, upon hillsides along the ocean you will find stone markers, hundreds of them, some of them over six hundred years old. On these monuments, each of them, you will find the Japanese word for ‘harbor wave,’ which is…tsunami. In the village of…
Read MoreHope Has a Name – Part 1
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What oxygen is to your lungs, hope is to your soul. It’s essential, not optional. Hope is something we’re all looking for right now, and so today yChurch pivots to a new series that’s all about that—reality-based, time-tested, rock solid hope. I want you to know that generations before us have walked through crises not…
Read MoreLike A Doctor’s Eyes
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I’m really hesitant to say this because some are going to misunderstand, but here goes: I hope you come to love Jesus, but give up on religion. Because Jesus sees people with the eyes of a doctor, while religion sees people with the eyes of a judge. There’s a whole backstory about what drew me…
Read MoreJesus’ Touch Across Social Distancing
It’s no secret that people are scared right now. I spoke with someone this week where both husband and wife are out of work and have lost their income. They still have to put food on the table, and put on a brave face for their kids. Others are feeling lonely and detached from friends…
Read More“Christ is risen!”
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“Christ is risen!” “He is risen indeed!” For generations, Christians around the world have echoed that faith-filled call and response each Easter Sunday. Today is no exception. Although we are physically separated, Jesus Christ is still risen, He is still Lord, and He is still with us and for us, whatever comes. My Dad is…
Read MoreMore Than What’s Right In Front of Us
I want to take you to a Scripture today in which Jesus speaks directly into our fears. But for you to really grasp what the Lord wants to say to you, we need to start with an insight from the world of art. This is a favorite painting of mine by American artist Norman Rockwell.…
Read MoreThe Book of Mark: Good News Indeed!
Today we start a walk with Jesus in the most concise of the four gospels, the book of Mark. There are a lot of things you can focus too much on, but you can never go wrong when you bring it back to Jesus. That’s where we are going for the several weeks, leading up…
Read MoreSeeing as God Does – Part 5: Seeing Our Time As God Does
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Kairos Living In a Chronos World James Gleich has written a book whose cover brilliantly captures the time we find ourselves in. The full book title is “Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything.” But to drive home the message immediately, the cover features in big bold letters, all caps, FSTR! “FSTR!” You immediately catch…
Read MoreSeeing as God Does – Part 4: Seeing This Place As God Does
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Welcome to the Well The story is told of a guy from Colorado who moves to Texas. There, he builds a custom home with a huge glass wall on his great room, from which he can view hundreds of miles of Texas prairie. He’s on the phone with an old friend from Colorado describing his…
Read MoreSeeing as God Does – Part 3: Seeing the World As God Does
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Good morning! Welcome to the continuation of our series on Seeing As God Does. We began with what the Bible says about seeing yourself as God does. What we heard from Scripture is that if you trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord: God loves you God sees you God knows you God…
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