Work is Worship

Work is Worship

Why do you work? I’d never considered the question until a comment from my son forced me to reflect. I frequently find myself barrelling through our house tidying or opening my laptop to crank out email responses as if it’s a race. My son interrupted one of these...
The Slow Work of Spiritual Disciplines

The Slow Work of Spiritual Disciplines

When I began this paint-by-number I worked for several hours only to be discouraged by how blank the canvas looked at the end of those hours. While I’d spent hours tediously mixing colors and painting tiny details, it looked as if I’d done very little work....
Suffering

Suffering

As humans we are ever seeking to make meaning of the world around us. Moments of pain and suffering are no different. We tell ourselves that if we can make sense of why something is happening, we can endure it. As followers of Jesus we may be tempted to believe that...
Humility

Humility

As we begin the second week of Lent, let’s turn our eyes and our hearts to the humility of Jesus. Rather than attempting to summarize the humility of Jesus in our own words, let us read Philippians 2:6-8. “Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not...
Confession & Repentance (Ash Wednesday)

Confession & Repentance (Ash Wednesday)

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the forty day season of Lent. Earlier this week we discussed the benefit of observing Lent. With the Spirit’s help, this season of self-denial helps us fight against our natural bent toward self-absorption and focus on our sin,...
Approaching Lent

Approaching Lent

The celebration and observation of Easter is just over the horizon—an opportunity for us to gather with the church to celebrate the hope we have in our risen Savior, Jesus. However, with busy schedules, work, and extracurricular activities that often crowd our lives,...