Change is painful

Change is painful. Even the best changes include loss in some degree. Growing to be more Christ-like involves the change of integration.  Integration is the process of taking the principles you profess to believe and living them out with an increasing consistency.  In...

Tennessee Fires and Trusting God

Analyzing current events from a theological perspective can be tricky work. When people suffer loss, outlining the lessons they should learn from that loss can come across as insensitive. In truth our first response to the suffering of fellow human beings should be...

Advent: Renewing Our Passion for Christ’s Mission

The days on the calendar between Thanksgiving and Christmas have historically been a season of preparation and repentance for the church known as advent. This season invites us to experience the emotion of anticipation born out of expectation by retracing the history...