Our Own Worst Enemy
Our Own Worst Enemy “The most egregious sin is humanity’s will to be powerful in a way only God is – to control our own...
Holy Darkness
Holy Darkness Creation begins in holy darkness. It is a pattern repeated many times in our life, where darkness yields to light. Gen. 3:24 Secrets...
Loneliness vs. Solitude
How do we differentiate between being alone vs solitude? Feelings of isolation, disconnection and loneliness are more prevalent than ever. This week we explore how to...
Taking Care of that Hero
Taking Care of that Hero All epic tales begin with the hero leaving home. Same with the Bible. That is, as Joseph Campbell phrased it,...
The Good News in Pain
The Good News in Pain As we leave in a sense the simpler times of our lives, we run up against pain. And pain, surprisingly,...
The Broken and the Blessed
Through a life of commitment and dedication, there will be inevitable challenges to those things we deeply treasure. How do we react? How do we...
The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt Fr. Henri Nouwen held us all as “Wounded Healers.” Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl believed that the challenges of life led him to...
Where Do We Put Our Hearts?
Where Do We Put Our Hearts? We all no doubt wake this morning with heavy hearts around the shootings in Uvalde, Texas. In light of...
Trust Your Struggle
Trust Your Struggle We fail. And we struggle. How do we learn to trust God and trust God when failure comes? Genesis 3
The Three Rivers
It’s important for us to think about how our lives will move forward. Will love carry us? Knowledge? Intellect? Maybe it is all three put...
Life Beyond Shame
Life Beyond Shame An interesting tie between God’s call for us to live as “one flesh” and a life beyond shame…. Genesis 2: 24, 25
Letting the Path Teach Us
Letting the Path Teach Us One of the great dis-services to faith is when we keep faith as a purely intellectual exercise. Faith is much...
