He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ – Mark 6:31 As the days grow longer and the pace of life shifts, summer offers us a gentle invitation: slow down, breathe deeply, and notice God’s presence in new ways. For many of us, summer means vacations,...
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. — Matthew 5:16 One of my favorite childhood memories of summer is catching fireflies. As soon as dusk arrived, my friends and I would run through the yard with excitement, trying to...
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,...
“We cannot truly celebrate Easter without first walking the road to the cross.” Before we arrive at the joy of Easter morning, we are invited each year to walk the sacred path of Holy Week—a journey that draws us deeply into the heart of our faith. It is a week filled with powerful moments, each...
Although Ash Wednesday was a week and a half ago, the Lenten journey is still unfolding before us. In the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we understand Lent not as a single day of ashes, but as a sacred season — forty days set aside to return, to reflect, and to be renewed. Many of...
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. -Ephesians 3:20-21 On July 10th, Brad and I boarded a plane bound for...
