Rest

Sometimes the Little Things Hold Us Together Our second child was born a little over a year ago. There was something wondrous about welcoming this little life into the work – over a month earlier than we expected. Holding this tiny little life in your hands is an...

Weekly Practice: Honesty

Showing our Flaws Somewhere along the way, being like Jesus lost honesty and morphed into an outward perfection. The pursuit of religious zeal put up shiny veneers, forgetting about the hard work it takes to achieve that result naturally. One of the most disarming...

Weekly Practice: Presence

Caring Enough to Show It North America is in an epidemic of loneliness. We have lost the ability to give one another presence. It began before the pandemic, and has only accelerated over the last three years. Individuals have never been so connected to the world...

Weekly Practice: Authenticity

Your Life is the Best Testimony I grew up in an Evangelical tradition. I’m grateful for that, and for the many individuals who poured into my life through the years and were great examples of faith. They demonstrated faith to me in practical, living ways – not just...

Weekly Practice: Diligence

It takes longer than you think The hope of a new relationship brings with it a whole truck of emotions. Packed with furniture, memories, and wounds from past relationships. We have a whole framework that we bring into a developing friendship that we might not even be...

Share the Meal

I Never Guessed This Journey Would Lead Me to Share the Meal When God called us to plant a church a little over a year ago I knew it was going to be different, but I never expected God to lead us on a journey of hospitality. I never knew that it would mean share the...