Way of Life
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Discovering Generosity for Myself and Others
Jesus meets me with a gentle, gracious love every time I succeed and every time I fail. Yet I don’t always meet myself with that same gentle response. How wonderful would that be, where each time I failed, I gave myself the love and grace Jesus does?
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My Time with God Helps Me Embody the Fruit of the Spirit
One of the things I hope for is to experience the Fruit of the Spirit naturally flowing out of me, into the depths of the world. To embody parts of who Jesus is at his core, and to share those things with those around me. It’s something I know I will forever fall short in.…
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Simplifying My Life so I can Love More
Where and how I spend my time has a big influence on how I’m able to love people. Living a simple life allows more space to be present with God. It helps me to be more present with others.
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Making Silence and Waiting for Divine Peace
God’s peace isn’t a peace I can fabricate or create for myself. It is a divine peace. A divine peace that fills my being with each breath. It is something my soul longs for. It is a restoring peace that allows me to continue to be present with myself, others, and God.
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Adjusting to Rhythms in a Big City
Living in a large city, is the constant reminder that I am just one of many. That my quality of life affects those around me in a very real way.
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Embodying the Love of Christ in my City
I’m called to embody the life and love of Christ in my context. A part of that is loving my neighbors and working to make life better for them. It’s loving and tending to creation, the creation God called good. It’s going to the hurting, outcast, and oppressed, and sitting with them. Seeing them. Loving…
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Choosing to Find Simplicity with Contentment
I am reminded of the practices of contentment and gratitude. Gratitude comes fairly easy to me. I am genuinely grateful for what I have in this life, even down to the dwindling drawing pencil that I love, that I got years ago at an art store. Contentment is another matter. I find myself struggling with…
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The Expanse of God’s Love for me Nurtures my Love for Him
The expansiveness of God’s love is more than I will ever be able to comprehend in this life. So how can I even begin to understand how God is asking me to love Him? Jesus tells me to love God.
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Being Gracious with Everyone Even as Darkness is being Sown
It is an act of faith every time I am gracious. With hatred swelling around us, how am I gracious with everyone when some are sowing death, violence, and fear.
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The Work it Takes to Keep the Lord’s Day Holy
There is no greater joy than to put in the effort to enjoy the presence of our God on Sundays. Loving my God and pursuing His presence takes work. On Sundays I want to do that work.