Holy Week: Wednesday

Because Mary loved Jesus and believed him, she poured out everything she had on him.

Holy Week: Tuesday

When Jesus dared to return to the temple on Tuesday to teach the Passover pilgrims, the religious elite decided to spring a trap on him.

Holy Week: Monday

On the Monday of Holy Week, Jesus cleanses the temple — and our hearts.

Spiritual GrowthMorgan PittsApril 15, 2019holy week, holy monday, jesus, temple, cleansing, repent, repentance, prayer, thieves, easter

He Loves Me Marvelous Well

We find the definition for God’s love not in a dictionary, but in beholding Christ upon the cross.

Spiritual GrowthJosiah PittsApril 11, 2019love, marvelous, holy, perfect, dreadful, lunch, tears, joy, cross, beloved, god, jessus

Life to the Full

Jesus is inviting us into life, but that life depends upon us listening to and following his voice.

Spiritual GrowthQuint PittsApril 4, 2019shepherd, good, life, abundant, full, prayer, conversational, intimate, intimacy, nearness, father, son

Learning to Rest

The Sabbath isn’t something we earn or strive toward. It is not taking a day of rest, as if rest is a luxury we must steal. It is a gift that has already been given.

Spiritual GrowthMorgan PittsMarch 28, 2019sabbath, rest, work, generous, recover, grace, limitation, finite, limit, affections

Review: Eighth Grade

The movie Eighth Grade is both a product of our times and a timeless tribute to one of the most trying phases of life: the edge of middle school adolescence.

Art, World / CultureEthan BoltonMarch 21, 2019film, review, cinema, culture, eighth grade, adolescence, middle school, movie, empathy, children, child, teenager

Pray, and Do Not Lose Heart

After all of this prayer, why hasn’t God’s kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven?

Spiritual GrowthJosiah PittsMarch 14, 2019prayer, persistence, heart, praying, pray, hope, promise, judge, widow, parable, story, faith

Through the Fiery Furnace

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.

Steve FelderMarch 7, 2019promise, promises, bible, story, babylon, defiance, discipline, resolve

A Generous Life

Whenever we are generous, we buck the system, we go against the current, and people may take notice and be amazed.

Spiritual GrowthJeff BurnettFebruary 28, 2019generous, generosity, giving, time, money, treasure, heaven, tithe, tithing

The Academy Awards and Loving our Neighbors

For all the good and bad wrapped up within it, the Academy Awards offers us a place to celebrate story and learn more about the neighbors God has called us to love.

World / CultureEthan BoltonFebruary 21, 2019cinema, movie, film, academy, awards, nominations, academy awards, oscar, oscars, Culture, theater, analysis, neighbor, love, dialogue

Carrying Disappointment into the New Year

For many of us, the fresh start of a new year doesn’t feel like a welcome invitation as much as it serves as a painful reminder of the disappointments we are carrying within our hearts.

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