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Proximate

Proximate

“How might we challenge ourselves to love like Jesus in the days and months ahead? Two words, be proximate. Individually and collectively. That was Bryan Stevenson’s challenge to us some months ago. And that is what God did two millennia ago and ever since. Draw...

Challenge

“We challenge ourselves to love like Jesus…” This answers the question, “Why do we do what we do?” And, it describes the ongoing work before us every day as individuals and as people bound together in common affection. The quality of love we see Jesus embody and teach...
Challenge

Challenge

“We challenge ourselves to love like Jesus…” This answers the question, “Why do we do what we do?” And, it describes the ongoing work before us every day as individuals and as people bound together in common affection. The quality of love we see Jesus embody and teach...

Awe

“Awe is a way of being in rapport with the mystery of all reality. The awe we sense or ought to sense when standing in the presence of a human being is a moment of intuition for the likeness of God which is concealed in the person’s essence. The secret of every...
AWE

AWE

“Awe is a way of being in rapport with the mystery of all reality. The awe we sense or ought to sense when standing in the presence of a human being is a moment of intuition for the likeness of God which is concealed in the person’s essence. The secret of every...

Inclined

Grace is the undeserved, unmerited, unearned, unpurchasable favor of God. God is inclined toward us. Grace is the effect of love. Grace is how God moves, beautifully, with agility, encompassing power and gentleness. Peace is the consequence of Grace. Peace is Shalom:...
Inclined

Inclined

Grace is the undeserved, unmerited, unearned, unpurchasable favor of God. God is inclined toward us. Grace is the effect of love. Grace is how God moves, beautifully, with agility, encompassing power and gentleness. Peace is the consequence of Grace. Peace is Shalom:...

Darkness

Light is good and darkness is bad, right? Not always, according to God. “I’ll give you the treasures of darkness…,” God says. Nothing shiny here as we understand shiny. Dark time treasure reveals the truth. We see God clearer in the dark. The treasure of the darkness...
Darkness

Darkness

Light is good and darkness is bad, right? Not always, according to God. “I’ll give you the treasures of darkness…,” God says. Nothing shiny here as we understand shiny. Dark time treasure reveals the truth. We see God clearer in the dark. The treasure of the darkness...

Beside

You can feel the love in every chapter. Of all the places Paul visited, Philippi was where he felt the grace of people beside him. “Companions,” he calls them, “co-workers.” They inspire him. They care for him. They embody what he preaches and his preaching is...