Devotional – TOGETHER

Devotional – TOGETHER

TOGETHER Being in community together isn’t always comfortable, especially when being together means talking about important issues that matter in our lives and our world. As we approach another big election season, passions are going to rise and tensions are going to...
Devotional – TOGETHER

Devotional – SILENCE

SILENCE This Saturday will be three years since the tragedy of Charlottesville, when a Unite the Right rally, frustrated by the Virginian city’s attempt to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee, became violent. A white nationalist drove his car into a gathering of...
Devotional – TOGETHER

Devotional – Love

DISCIPLESHIP & LOVE This is our last week in our short series on discipleship, and today we’re going to look at the one thing that Paul says stands head and shoulders above everything else. Without it, discipleship doesn’t work. Without it, salvation doesn’t even...
Devotional – TOGETHER

Devotional – CHARACTER

DISCIPLESHIP & CHARACTER This week, our conversation about discipleship looks to the important issue of character and holiness. If discipleship is mirroring Christ, then that includes living and acting like him. Fortunately, we’ve got help. Prayer Holy God — our...
Devotional – TOGETHER

Devotional – SUFFER

DISCIPLESHIP & SUFFERING For our discussion about discipleship this week, let’s take a look at the role suffering plays in our call to mirror Christ, the one who suffered and died — and then rose again — for us.  Prayer Holy God — our Creator, Redeemer, and...
Devotional – TOGETHER

Devotional – DISCIPLINE

DISCIPLINE Over the next three to four weeks, I’d like us to engage in some hands-on Bible study on the topic of discipleship. I’ve always thought “discipleship” took on a whole new meaning when we consider its relationship to the word discipline. It becomes harder,...