The good news is that there is one true and unending fairytale —with a hero who came along and changed the narrative of history for all who believe.

As we walk with the Lord, learning to practice and navigate spiritual disciplines, we learn to love him because we are loved by him.

When your children get older and move on, you will never regret a day spent together in the most important spiritual disciplines.

When we’re worried, may we look out and remember the birds and the flowers, tangible reminders that though we don’t have control over tomorrow, God does.

In Jesus Christ we see the One who notices the overlooked, welcomes strangers to his table, carries our grief, and lays down his life to bring us into the family of God. Through his death and resurrection, he is not only showing us a beautiful way to live—he is making that life possible.

In this moment, the Holy Spirit did what mere words could not—He applied the gospel’s message like a balm to the souls of the gospel’s hearers.

In short, because Jesus lives, everything matters. And because he lives, I will one day feel his warm embrace and hear his merciful “well done.”

Discipleship is a matter of the heart. Start there. Trust in God. Delight in the Lord. He will give you the desires of your heart. He will use you to make disciples in ways you don’t expect and might never see.

May we learn to share not only in his glory but in his heart of abundant generosity and selflessness, and with a whole heart, do the good and glorious works which he has prepared for us beforehand.

I’m slowly learning to view my need as a beautiful way to invite others to stand in awe of the one true God. 

An associate pastor must be anchored in the theology of partnership, be a good steward of God’s call, and have the posture of a dedicated servant.

One thing I know for certain is that just as God has freed you from the penalty and power of sin through Jesus’ death and resurrection, one day he will free you from the presence of sin at Jesus’s triumphal return!