Seeing Our Work As Holy Ground

So what is holy ground? Many of us might grow up with the impression that holiness is distant, strict, or confined to church walls. Yet, if God is with us and has made his dwelling in us, our workplace—no matter how ordinary or mundane—is holy ground.

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Letter #5:  To a Friend Who Is Preparing for Change

Because we have a God who, in Christ, embraced the cost of loving us with an endless love, we can also surrender our lives before him and pray “Your Kingdom Come,” trusting that this Kingdom comes with the same endless and unfailing love, subverting and renewing everything in its way.

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Letter #4: To A Younger Friend About Retirement

Like many people who arrive at retirement ill-prepared, I wish I had started following Jesus earlier. I desire better for you. So why not start your full retirement planning now? Step one is to make sure you are connected to Jesus and living his way as best you can today.

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Letters to a Friend

To a friend who is frustrated at work for reasons beyond their control: Our God is inexplicably near to you in this frustration because Christ himself was there: subject to the plans of others, prey to agendas aimed against flourishing, victim of the greatest force beyond our control.

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Work ≠ Worth

God in His mercy has continually lifted my eyes from my inbox to remind me that all “work” matters and has re-shaped my priorities in the ways necessary to truly know, love, and serve Him.

Weddings and Treasures

What does it look like to store up treasures in heaven if people are the treasure? From a number of lessons learned through weddings, Josh Suddath show us how Jesus invites us to make people our treasure and watch our hearts grow as we send our treasures “on ahead”.

Citizen & Consumer: The Language of Belonging

As Americans, we are referred to as consumers more often than we are citizens. What does such a shift say about us as a society? Matt Busby offers 3 small steps we can take to begin living more as citizens and stewards of the city we call home.