Joy is not manufactured or rushed. Advent joy grows on the road God clears, through patience, mercy, and faithful waiting.
In the wilderness, peace comes with fire—disrupting, refining, and making room for God to dwell among us.
A call to spiritual wakefulness in Advent by shedding old identities, putting on Christ, and living alert to God’s arriving future.
A sermon on the cosmic Christ who remembers us, hears our smallest prayers, and holds us in covenant love, from the cross to our Thanksgiving tables.
What happens when honesty meets God’s faithfulness? Hannah’s story shows how God remembers, acts, and renews us even before anything changes.
In a weary world of rumors and shutdowns, Paul’s words call us to stand firm, hold fast, and live hope that endures.
Faithfulness is not stillness but fiercely guarding belonging for all who are cast aside until God’s new light rises.
How might you keep praying anyway—not for control or proof, but to be formed by God’s enduring love?
God’s Word is unchained—still speaking through the noise, still guiding us from memory into movement, still calling us to faithful action.
Homecoming and Communion call us to remember where God has met us before, so we can keep walking forward in faith, gratitude, and hope.
Baptism marks God’s enduring claim—engraved by mercy, lived with open hands, and calling us to daily choices of grace.
In transitions and uncertainty, God goes ahead and stays with us. In Christ’s cross and resurrection, we’re invited to notice, trust, and join God’s work.
God’s grace does not shrug at what is lost. It searches, finds, and celebrates—calling us to join the joy of heaven in our neighborhoods.
Measured discipleship costs one life—the whole life you already have—and Jesus calls us to hand it over with clear-eyed, faithful resolve.
Salvation is not stored away for heaven alone but lived out in service, meeting real needs, welcoming strangers, and bearing costly love.
