What Is Worship? What Does It Do? What Can Block Us From It?

This fall we are in a very important conversation.  What we are talking about is incredibly important, but I would also say it is the most ignored area of our lives.  We are talking about and focusing on the soul.  This has allowed us to talk about the areas of our lives that so many of us are struggling with these days, our inner worlds, and our emotional and mental health.  I think for many of us we just . . . Read More »

The Challenge Of Seeing Ourselves As God Does, In A World Trying To Ensure We Don’t

You know the other day I was thinking about something Paul said towards the end of Romans, and it’s stuck in my heart and mind lately. This is something that I don’t think too many of us people…and even us Christians who believe Christ lives in us can see or accept about ourselves. Romans 15:14 I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness… NLT Paul says he is convinced that you . . . Read More »

10 Things We Learned From The Manual Of Living

Today we are wrapping up our study of the book of Proverbs, and as excited as we are for our fall series, we are also bummed to see this series come to an end.  Proverbs is an incredible book, written by the wisest person to ever walk this Earth not named Jesus, who not only was wise but generous enough to share his wisdom with all of us, which we are so grateful for because let’s face it . . . Read More »

How To Prepare Your Heart For Every Season

Have you ever walked through a situation in your life, and just wished you could have a “do-over?”  Yeah, me too.  We all have these moments, don’t we?  We get blindsided by life, frustrated by life, or just end up in a painful interaction with people on this planet, and through our hurts, or emotions, and just how jumbled up our hearts are things happen, we mess up, we say things we wish we wouldn’t, and make a . . . Read More »