Advent Poem 2: Advent II

Remember your mercy in Christ, I plead / When all my watchmen abandon their walls.

Spiritual GrowthHorizons ChurchDecember 5, 2019advent, poem, poetry

Advent Poem 1: Advent Beauty

Tilting on her yearly track / Advent beauty circles back.

Spiritual GrowthHorizons ChurchNovember 28, 2019advent, poem, poetry, beauty

Prepare Him Room

Preparing our homes for Christmas is one thing, but preparing hearts is another.

Spiritual GrowthJosiah PittsNovember 21, 2019christmas, advent, room, inn, jesus, christ, birth, silence, stillness

Powerless, but not Hopeless

Jesus touches the untouchables, and he shares his power with the powerless.

Spiritual GrowthQuint PittsNovember 14, 2019powerless, hopeless, hope, clean, cleansing, touch, jesus, love

Listening to Preaching

Because the sermon is not primarily a lecture, but rather a heralding of good news, our response as we listen ought to fit the occasion.

Spiritual GrowthJosiah PittsNovember 7, 2019preaching, preach, word, bible, scripture, listen, listening, hearing, hear, proclaim, proclaimation, congregate, church

Destructive Self-Reflection (Part II)

If you view personality assessments as conversation starters in your time spent with God as you work to become more like him, they move from being just another personality assessment to a tool.

Spiritual GrowthStephanie KernsOctober 31, 2019personality, self, self-centered, reflect, reflection, growth, sanctification

Review: Prisoners

In Prisoners, "What can you live with” is poignantly painted against “what you can’t live without” on the emotionally raw canvas of a father’s heart.

World / CultureEthan BoltonOctober 24, 2019film, cinema, review, prisoners, justice, truth, crime, children, child

The Eyes of a Child

Will the Son of David grant to us the gift of eyes that see again?

Spiritual GrowthJosiah PittsOctober 17, 2019wonder, glory, grandeur, awe, worship, child, faith, sight

Kiss His Feet

We only know of two people in the Bible who kissed Jesus.

Spiritual GrowthSteve FelderOctober 10, 2019feet, kiss, betrayal, devotion, worship, adoration, forgiveness

Destructive Self-Reflection (Part I)

In the internet age, it’s never been easier to get a good and healthy helping of self-knowledge -- but it’s also never been easier to gorge yourself on, well, your self.