Jul 26, 2020

Looking at the Christmas story off-season gives time to ponder other perspectives including the season of the world that Jesus was born into. It was not a Hallmark movie moment. It was filled with violence, swirling political injustice, and social unrest. God's promise of hope was born (and lived among us) in a messy...

Jul 19, 2020

COVID has changed our days...these are not normal times. Likely you've already lived through other crisis: shattered dreams, pain, death, disappointment. God's love (and faith in it) can overcome all hopelessness. Are you open to becoming more than what you have been in darker times? #HopeDoesNotDisappoint #messiahyl

Jul 10, 2020

Wait for it...wait (a lifetime) for it! There's no immediate, quick escape from troubles. Prosperity is certain, but not on the basis of your faith or actions; rather, on the promise of God's shalom to us through every unrest, struggle, and pain. #LivingInContext #PatientTrust #messiahyl

Jul 5, 2020

Happiness might seem like an individual striving; however, the pursuit of happiness is really an obligation to thrive in community. It is our natural tendency (and a false security) to put our hope in something we create: family, finances, government, or leadership. What is important to us is the target of those...