WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER

Personal evangelism. Personal devotions. Personal relationship with Christ. There is a lot about our journey as followers of Christ that is very personal. And maybe that’s part of the problem. Maybe all this time focusing on the “personal” side of our faith, (and...

MY GRAFFITI DOESN’T DEFINE ME

Have you ever broken a bone, well I have, many times actually. I grew up with many brothers so I was always active as a hyper kid. When I was young I often ended up in the hospital with stitches and things like that. I recently hurt my wrist a few weeks ago from...

PRAYING WITH OPEN HANDS

“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you” – 1 Peter 5:7 Have you ever found it hard to pray? Have you ever prayed and found your hands clenched in a tight fist holding onto something that you didn’t want to let go, like hurt or resentment or...

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES 2.0

Taken with permission from Tim Neufeld’s blog on the day before the release of his new solo album, Trees. Release day. It’s 3am and I’m awake… It’s not nerves, it’s not stress, it’s a 4-year-old with an ear ache that ended up crowding me out of my own bed. So...

COMMUNITY: A FAMILY FIRST

“You will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15 What does it mean and look like if our Church identity was that of a family? What if God’s...

PRACTICING FORGIVENESS

In the summer of 2013, I was in Rwanda, Africa for two months. During this mission trip I went to a church memorial, about an hour outside of Kigali. 19 years ago the church was a thriving Catholic sanctuary. The doors were open as I got to the front of the church,...