Weekly Meditation
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Sown like a Thread Woven through my Life
As I live by faith through these places, I learn what is needed to endure, to grow, and to bear fruit. It feels like I have been each of these kinds of seeds. What I learned in each place has formed me and become a part of my faith. Without the work of each place,…
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One of the Hardest Things for Me to Believe
Of all the sayings of Jesus, this is one of the hardest for me to believe. What do you mean, Jesus? Taking up my cross, dying to myself, and following you to the ends of creation is a light burden? That is a pleasant yoke? I’ve been in our world too, and I know that…
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Growing Deeper within the Newness of Christ
It is not lost on me that life is easier without growth, and that much of our world is set up to keep us shallow. What happens to relationships when we pursue growth and others don’t grow with us? With enough time, it seems like conflict is inevitable. The closer we are to people and…
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Being Sent by Jesus to Bring Life to My City
A Meditation for our eleventh week of Ordinary Time in 2026 As Jesus began His public ministry, He made the invitation to some people to follow Him and become His disciples. We know of the twelve, but there were many, many more. There were women who were not counted, and there was also the story…
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The Core of our Triune God is Relationship
It is no surprise that one way that the love of God is expressed is through a call to go and share His love with others. Jesus tells his disciples to do this in a passage known to many as the Great Commission. I have an interesting relationship with this passage. When I was still…
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In the Boundlessness the Spirit Waits for Me
The incarnation of God in Christ ascended to be with the Father, and the Holy Spirit was sent. The Holy Spirit is like Jesus and is the full divinity of God. Yet, the Spirit of God has come to dwell within me. This is a new kind of presence with God. It is far more…
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To Know Someone Means to Journey Together
I love being present with people I love and care for. Yet, knowing someone is more active than being present. To know someone means to journey through life together, to experience a wide variety of things together, and to listen and share.
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In Christ, Love Finds a Way
I live in a world that feels evermore driven by fear. More than a decade ago there was the fad of ‘FOMO’. Each year since, it feels like fear keeps pushing politics and civic life to greater extremes. In his first letter, Peter reminds us, “do not fear what they fear, and do not be…
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Jesus is the Horizon of my Life and Faith
One of the most frustrating things that Jesus said is “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Oh, okay – now that I’m untroubled… let me get on with the work of Your love, Your hope, and Your Kingdom. Reading this passage in John 14 today, I felt myself get frustrated and maybe even angry…
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Hearing Jesus through the Noise in my Life
The world around me is swirling, and it feels so hard right now to make the time and calm my mind. Yet, alongside the noise life may scream, there is always a voice of life and peace.