God spoke into the void…
… And there was life!
Blessings in the Wilderness - Week 1: Hope
We don't typically seek out the wilderness moments or seasons in our lives, but the hard truth is that the wilderness will always find us. What we may not realize is that this is not necessarily a bad thing. The path to God almost always leads us through the wilderness and God is with us on the journey.
As we enter into this Lenten season, I invite you to join me as we look for the many blessings springing up in the desert and bringing us new life even in the wilderness…
A Long Way From Home
…Jesus wasn't born in a bubble of tinsel and shining lights. He came as a light into darkness, hope into despair, peace into chaos, joy into suffering and love to overcome the hatred and violence of the world, but to truly know Christ, we must first learn to sit with the reality of violence and suffering in our world. Like Job, we can’t go home just yet…