Mental Health Meets Faith
A while back I wrote a post about feeling like you’re not enough. This post is about the related topic of feeling like you don’t fit in. We will all eventually encounter a situation where we feel like we just don’t fit. We don’t belong. Whatever the situation may be, the feeling is uncomfortable. I’ve been there and I have found myself wishing at times that I could force myself to fit. I’ve found myself […]
I was listening to the song “Nothing is Wasted” one morning this week. I love the message of this song: “Nothing is wasted. You work all things for good. Nothing is wasted. Your promise remains. Forever you reign.” I need to be reminded of this often…and I’m sure you do to. The truth is we all make mistakes…alot of them. Some are bigger than others, and we deal with the consequences to varying degrees. We […]
“Jesus is my Homeboy.” You’ve probably heard this before, or seen it printed on a t-shirt somewhere. It’s kind of a goofy saying. I think the general idea is that I like Jesus. Jesus is cool. I’m a fan. If He were to walk in the room, I would give Him a fist bump. We need to be careful with how casually we approach our relationship with Jesus because while He is our closest friend […]
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones […]
Doubt. We have all dealt with it at one time or another. Suddenly, the things you were so sure about don’t seem so sure anymore. You’re left with questions and you’re left feeling confused. I have found this to be a huge area of struggle for people where it concerns their faith in Jesus. Especially, for individuals in their mid to late twenties. For the first time, they have begun asking themselves the hard questions […]
This is the conclusion of the “Be the Church” series. I felt like it was appropriate to end things with this verse from Acts 20:24 “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me- the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” In order to be the church, we need to make the Gospel […]
One of the most amazing things about the first church was the remarkable level of unity they demonstrated. It tells us in Acts 4:32 that the believers were one in heart and mind and that no one claimed any of his possessions as his own, but rather they shared everything they had. A fellow brother or sister in Christ would never be in lack, because they were covered by their church family. This unity wasn’t limited […]
Sometimes we can have a pretty limited understanding of what church is. Most people view it in this context: Sunday mornings I go to a building and listen to the pastor talk about God. I call this place church. That is church, but church is also so much more. Believe it or not, having a building or a pastor are ideas people added to church life, but they aren’t what church is about. Now, don’t […]
Being the church means that we are led by the Holy Spirit that lives within us. As followers of Jesus, we live in the constant tension of following our natural inclination and what seems to be logical and following the leading of God. As we grow in our journey with Jesus, seeking His face and reading His Word, we learn more and more to recognize what His voice sounds like. We learn which of the […]
Yesterday, I wrote about how being the church means that we go to the broken. Today, I’m going to write about the importance of making room for everyone. What do I mean by that? Just outside the doors of our churches are communities of hurting people that have tried church before and have given up. They felt like there was no room in our assemblies for someone who didn’t talk like us, dress like us, […]