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Making the Invisible Visible
Christmas is a magical time, and everything we see adds to the excitement: Christmas lights up and down the streets, trees and decorations filling people's homes, part...
Hope Rises
We are called to be ambassadors of hope: to right wrongs, heal hearts, bring peace to chaos, love to the excluded and mercy to the broken. But what does it really take...
How Difference Making Happens
It's easy to feel paralyzed by the problems of our world, helpless to make any real difference or affect any lasting change. It's one thing to become aware of devasta...
This Time It's Personal
It's a classic story. "I never really gave it much thought, until it happened to someone I love." We can so easily walk through life, surrounded by some of the greates...
The Struggle Is Real
You don’t have to look too hard to see how that our world is in crisis. Endless wars, sexual violence, modern day slavery, addiction, depression, debt, disease, from c...
The Full Extent of Grace
From the world of fashion, music and art to food, technology and design, there’s a common axiom that drives excellence: less is more. Words like simplicity and minimal...
A Non-Traditional Gospel
From how we celebrate Christmas and birthdays to who sits where at the dinner table, human beings are hard-wired to embrace traditions. Traditions are our link to the ...
A Generous Movement
It's been said recently that trust is less like a bank account, where you deposit trust points to be withdrawn at a later time, and more like a water balloon, where ev...
A Welcome Change
According to a recent survey, nearly 90% of unchurched people say that the term "judgmental" accurately describes Christians today and only 20% of outsiders view the c...
An Integral Shift
In his book UnChristian, Dave Kinnaman claims that Christianity has an image problem. His leading accusation is that too many Christians are hypocritical, saying, "our...
Vision Night
After an inspiring time of music and sharing, part of Vision Night was hearing from each of our departments and what it means for them to be 'faithful in the small' as...
Imagine A Church...
For decades, we've operated under a deeply held belief that, if people saw the God of the Bible as He is, they would run TO him, instead of AWAY from him. The problem ...
Hitting the Refresh Button
If you’ve seen the movie, “Groundhog Day”, you know the feeling of being trapped in an endless cycle of doing the same thing over and over again, every single day. But...
Refreshing Your Connection
Some people say that faith is a personal and private matter. But the Bible is clear when we embrace Jesus we are automatically included in the church as full-fledged f...
A Fresh Response
There’s nothing quite as refreshing as jumping in a lake, a pool or even a cool shower on a hot summer day. There’s just something about being submerged in water that ...
A Faith Refresher
We are told that we can do anything, as long as we just believe. But what in the world are we to believe in? If any and all ideas about faith, God, truth and eternity ...
A Fresh Look
It is core to the human experience to at least from time to time wonder if there’s more to life than what we’re currently experiencing. More than waking up, going to w...
Face Value
A true friend is someone who is willing to tell you that you have spinach in your teeth or that those jeans actually do make your butt look bigger. But what about more...
Putting Your Cards on the Table
It is said that, "Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas." But what if there were something even more important to discuss...
The Best Policy
Most of us like to believe we're honest. But then, we catch ourselves saying, "Well, to be honest" or "I swear!" suggesting we're not always as transparent and trustwo...
