When Jesus walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and said, “Follow me,” something remarkable happened. Simon, Andrew, James, and John immediately dropped their nets and followed him.
At first glance the story feels strange. Why would someone leave everything behind so quickly?
But when we look closer, we begin to see that Jesus wasn’t offering them a job or a task. He was inviting them into a process of transformation.
Read MoreIn John’s Gospel, the miracles of Jesus are called signs. They are not just displays of power. They point to something deeper about who Jesus is and the kind of life he invites us into.
Read MoreThis week we looked at one of the passages the historic church consistently returned to during Lent: Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness
Read MoreThis Sunday we began our Lenten journey called A Follower’s Life. We started in Mark 1, where Jesus teaches with authority, casts out an unclean spirit, and Mark tells us that his fame spreads throughout Galilee. From the very beginning, Jesus is known. Famous. Talked about.
Read MoreThis past Sunday we talked about wisdom and our words—and why Proverbs takes them so seriously. According to Proverbs, wisdom isn’t just about what we say, but how we listen, what we tolerate, and what we excuse.
Read MoreThis week’s message explored wisdom from an angle we don’t always talk about in church: the wisdom of knowing yourself.
Read MoreJoseph is one of the most overlooked figures in the Christmas story. He never speaks a recorded word in Scripture, yet his actions shape the early life of Jesus in profound ways. He is a working-class laborer, a righteous man, a protector and provider who listens for God’s voice in the quiet and responds with faithfulness.
Read MoreJoseph is one of the most overlooked figures in the Christmas story. He never speaks a recorded word in Scripture, yet his actions shape the early life of Jesus in profound ways. He is a working-class laborer, a righteous man, a protector and provider who listens for God’s voice in the quiet and responds with faithfulness.
Read MoreJoseph is one of the most overlooked figures in the Christmas story. He never speaks a recorded word in Scripture, yet his actions shape the early life of Jesus in profound ways. He is a working-class laborer, a righteous man, a protector and provider who listens for God’s voice in the quiet and responds with faithfulness.
Read MoreThis week we stepped into Mary’s story—a story we often sentimentalize but rarely sit with in its full weight. Mary was young, poor, politically vulnerable, and living in a region familiar with Roman brutality. The angel’s announcement was not soft or harmless—it was revolutionary. A virgin pregnancy risked public shame, abandonment, and even execution. Yet Mary responds, “I am the Lord’s servant. May your word to me be fulfilled.”
Read MoreThis week we opened the season of Advent by exploring the story of Zechariah—an ordinary, faithful man living in extraordinarily dark days. Luke situates his story “in the days of King Herod,” a detail that signals disappointment, fear, and political and spiritual heaviness
Read MoreThis week we talked about gratitude—not the shallow holiday version but the deep, steadying practice that shapes the way we see God, ourselves, and the world. We looked at Paul’s words to the Philippians, a letter overflowing with joy, even though it was written from a Roman prison cell.
Read MoreThis week, we explored what it really means to feel rich. Paul writes to Timothy, “Command those who are rich in this present world to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.” (1 Timothy 6:17–19).
Read MoreThis week, we explored what it really means to feel rich. Paul writes to Timothy, “Command those who are rich in this present world to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.” (1 Timothy 6:17–19).
Read MoreThis week we talked about the practice of simplicity. Jesus warns us that life does not consist in the abundance of possessions (Luke 12:15). The problem isn’t stuff itself — it’s the story we believe about stuff: that more is better.
Read MoreAt the close of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells a story about two builders—one wise, one foolish. Both hear his teaching, both face the same storm, but only one house stands. The difference isn’t what they heard, but what they did with it.
Read MoreIn this final week of How to Know a Person, we explored Jesus’ teaching about conflict and reconciliation in Matthew 18. Jesus shows us how to handle the friction that inevitably arises in relationships—with gentleness, humility, and love.
Read MoreThis week we explored what may be the biggest obstacle to meaningful relationships: unmanaged expectations.
Read MoreThis week we turned the mirror around. Instead of focusing on how we see others, we asked: What does it mean to let ourselves be seen? To be known?
Read MoreThis week we explored what it means to see clearly. In Matthew 7, Jesus warns against judgment, but not in the way people often use that verse. He isn’t telling us to stop making wise decisions. Instead, the word “judge” here means reducing someone’s whole identity down to one action or trait. That’s what judgment does: it takes a single detail and makes it someone’s entire story.
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