Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
To celebrate and remember Advent
INSIDE: Have you ever wondered how to have peace with God? Or how you can live in peace with others? If your life lacks peace and you’re looking for encouragement, listen in. In today’s Advent episode, we take a look at what it means to be at peace with God and others. How to have […]
INSIDE: Finding joy in the little things. How do we do it? How can we experience God’s joy and glory in our real life? In today’s Advent episode, we take a look at how the shepherds found joy in the middle of their everyday, right now lives. Finding joy in the little things God placed […]
INSIDE: How do we exercise our faith? What does it look like to have embodied faith? What does living out our faith look like in real life? Listen in. In today’s Advent episode, we take a look at Mary’s faith journey. How do we exercise our faith? Faith starts in the mind with knowledge about […]
INSIDE: We have hope because God is the Author of our story + we are not. We have hope because we are not alone. We have hope because Jesus is the protagonist of our story. “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, […]
INSIDE: What are the five best Advent devotionals to prepare your heart for Christmas? What resources and devotionals will help draw you near to Christ? Read on for five great options. Advent is the season comprised of the four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve. It is an invitation to prepare our hearts […]
The story of Christ’s time on earth is the story of peace as a palindrome, you know: one of those words that reads the same forwards and backward. When Jesus was born, He came as Immanuel, God With Us. When Jesus died, was buried, rose again on the third day, and ascended into heaven, He […]
Joy is at the heart of Christ. And yet, joy is the noun I struggle with most. Joy causes a hitch in my throat that says, “But wait; what about all the hurt and sadness and violence?” Joy feels irrelevant or off-key or out of step in a world where: Human trafficking and slavery exist Women […]
Our great, big, powerful God invites us to have the great, big powerful gift of faith. Yet, this feels daunting to us. But what if our great big powerful God who created and offers the great big powerful gift of faith understands the beauty of small steps? When we look at the faithful giants of […]
We will revisit a well-worn story of a God who loves nearness with us and whose hallmark and name bear His With-ness. A story that started in the garden and ends in eternity. A story of a God who has taken the form of a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire […]
