When we speak of church, we often speak of buildings, or even a group of people. But when Jesus built and launched his church, the core of his desire was to have a family on mission in this world.

We live our lives focused through beginnings (like new life, new relationships) and endings (like death and brokenness). Jesus calls us to die to this live and to live beyond death in this life and the next.

When your gratitude toward God grows from a sentiment to a posture in your heart, you can follow His call with a solid foundation of faith.

For most people seasons of uncertainty are the hardest seasons. People seem hardwired to dislike uncertainty more than the certain and painful seasons of life. The Bible says a lot about uncertainty. God doesn’t coddle us in times of uncertainty - he calls us to grow into faith that leads to obedience.

How do you deal with life's circumstances - especially when they are beyond your control? God has created beauty in everything season of life, and it is our job to look for Him in the beauty, regardless of the circumstance.

In a world filled with hot and cold, the one temperature Jesus does not allow us to choose is lukewarm.

the answer to insecurity isn't to convince yourself that you are someone great. 

The answer to insecurity is to see that God's greatness 
is with you.

Are you praying with confident persistence for the kingdom of God to come with the power of God?

Just because we don’t seem to be in the spotlight of God’s blessings doesn’t mean God isn’t with us.

It is impossible to follow God wherever he leads us without being aligned with Him and His Spirit within in prayer.

The beauty of baptism is that we are given life by immersing ourselves into the name of the same God we have betrayed. God asks for our faith and love to be expressed in baptism.

Mary's compassion, enduring love, and faith lead the way to our own. Happy Mother's Day!

Perhaps the most compelling name for God doesn't describe his power, but his proximity. Christmas is Immanuel - God With Us

If someone were to make a movie of your life, would it be worth watching?

In the Kingdom, Jesus calls us to release a life of pride and think of others better than ourselves. Are you humble?

Are you ready to follow God from a place of spiritual stagnancy into a place of transformation and growth?

Churches find their identity in God only when they are living beyond Sundays, sent on mission.

In a world that becomes increasingly dismissive of dads, we see that Fathers are essential in God's design for family. Happy Father's Day!

In a world where words are used to slander and gossip, God calls us to speak love and truth.

Sometimes we project our own image onto the image of God, subtly distorting who He is, when we need to see Him as He is, clearly, and simply stand in awe.

Mothers, like Jesus, bring life into the world. Join us as we celebrate God revealed in mothers today.

God has given us lives of freedom found in becoming holy like Him.

Jesus knows that the only way we will grow closer to God, and have His Spirit bear fruit in our lives, is if we choose to Abide with Him.

God loved us, and we find we belong in God's kingdom as we show his love in our lives.

In Christ, we are remembered, claimed, known, valued, protected, redeemed, and saved.