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Liturgy: “It’s Ok, I’ll Help You”
“Doubting” Thomas and I are kindred spirits. If you are right there with us, there is good news. Jesus loves to help people believe, and I love this about him.
Liturgy: “I will not die, but live!”
Easter is now imbued with new meaning. It is no cute holiday. It is the turning point of history – and my life.
Liturgy: “Holy Week and Sabbath Rest”
Sabbath requires what philosophers call “contemplation;” it’s probably more helpful to think of it as genuine “leisure.” Both of these invite us to stop and reflect…
Liturgy: “*Everything* as Loss?”
There is a part of me that is worshiping academic achievement instead of God, and it is stopping me from valuing Christ above all other things in my life. I want that part of me gone.
Liturgy: “I Still Check for Bed Bugs”
I have caught a little glimpse of Isaiah’s vision this year as the chaos and disappointment in my apartment have given way to peace and expectation.
Liturgy: “Impostor Syndrome”
Impostor syndrome–a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud.”
Liturgy: “Just an Imitation of What Life’s All About”
We do not imitate Paul because he has finished his work, or because he has been perfected, but because he is walking to the destination that we too should desire.
Liturgy: “Hope, Patience, and Mission Ahead”
The transfiguration of Jesus gives me hope, patience, and a mission. Hope that—just like the disciples—it’d take God’s voice breaking through the clouds on a mountain for me to actually start listening to what Jesus had been trying to tell me for years.
Liturgy: “Jesus Wants Your Imagination”
Only our imaginations can help us to see other people, including our enemies, the way Jesus wants us to see them—exactly as valuable, complicated, needy, and fully alive as ourselves.
Liturgy: “Who do you trust”
Genuine trust in God, trust that is both confessed and lived, brings with it a deeper kind of freedom—the freedom from anxiety during our “year of drought,” the freedom from fear when “the heat comes,” the freedom to bear fruit.
