Jan 30, 2022

Our similarity to the Samaritan woman (as an outcast and serial victim) is greater than we might first imagine. Jesus redeems her not because of the depth of her sin, but because his love extends unequivocally to all people. How will we accept/own our personal need for redemption and how will we share the love we've...

Jan 23, 2022

How easy is it to push others needs aside for our convenience? Do we over-crave comfort and convenience? The Word of God is a call to action that intrudes into our comfortable...sometimes challenging and sometimes painful. The role of the body of Christ is to join in love around the messiness of life to bring new hope...

Jan 15, 2022

Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning...ponders spirituality. We were made for relationships and for doing good, but we're also flawed. This makes life haphazardly messy. Good intentions can hold things together for a time, but resolutions fade. Thankfully, it's not about our own strength. The secret...

Jan 8, 2022

Messy is the workshop of life and a common state of our being—making clear our need for a loving Savior. The bible is replete with flawed, complicated, and messed up people who, when they embraced messy spirituality, became members in the faith hall-of-fame. Jesus came for broken sinners. #Messy...

Jan 1, 2022

What battery type can you offer to brighten the light of others? AA, AAA, C, or D? or how best to share the light you have? Hope and encouragement come from the epiphany of Jesus—the manifestation of a Savior to you, to me, to all people. Light changes every perception! #AriseShine #LightOfTheWorld #messiahyl