We all long to be connected and belong. We desire to do life with people and have company when things get hard, as well as when we have something to celebrate. Naturally, we seek out people who are like us or with whom we have much in common. It matters to us that we share similar values and interests. We experience community there. But there is something better, and we instinctively know this…

Did you know Jesus praised and worshiped? I imagine his singing was filled with gratitude. He sang a hymn, knowing that soon he was to be arrested, betrayed, spat upon, beaten, and crucified, all while being an innocent man! He sang and then went. Wow. May we be encouraged to follow Jesus, singing.

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This week, notice how thinking with gratitude fills your heart with a desire to worship and praise, and notice how worship songs fill your heart with gratitude…

There is power in numbers. Gather a few people together to accomplish a task, and the synergy of the team can help you do more together than you could individually. This works in our faith journey as well. Jesus came to do a very specific task, "For the joy set before him [Jesus] endured the cross, scorning its shame…" Hebrews 12:2. Yet Jesus did not work alone.…Read More >>

We all have experienced the sting of another person who shares our faith letting us down, injuring us intentionally or unintentionally, rejecting, betraying, and so much more. As we have heard it said, "hurt people hurt people." But, when a Christian person hurts us, when a person or group of people from our church, those who share our faith, hurt us, it wounds us even more…

God created us to be in community with Him and one another. It was his design and purpose that we would need each other always. This makes perfect sense when we consider that God exists in a perfect trinitarian relationship: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Relationship is at His core, and since we’re made in his image, so are we…