We often think of religion as confined to certain texts or spaces. But our faith can be so much more — from guiding our lives’ purpose to enriching the seeming minutiae of our daily routines.
Christianity offers timeless practices that help both Christians — and the world — to flourish. Practices that—woven together, form an entire way of life.
Today we begin a short, three-week series in which we will explore just three of these practices, helping us to see that it’s possible to create a way of life that’s both attuned to present-day needs and taught by ancient wisdom.
I chose three practices that I thought particularly speak to life as we move into the busy holiday season—a season that is filled with joys and struggles that are both unique to this time of year, and present all the year through.
Today, we begin with the practice of saying “yes,” and saying “no.”
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We often think of religion as confined to certain texts or spaces. But our faith can be so much more — from guiding our lives’ purpose to enriching the seeming minutiae of our daily routines.
Christianity offers timeless practices that help both Christians — and the world — to flourish. Practices that—woven together, form an entire way of life.
Today we begin a short, three-week series in which we will explore just three of these practices, helping us to see that it’s possible to create a way of life that’s both attuned to present-day needs and taught by ancient wisdom.
I chose three practices that I thought particularly speak to life as we move into the busy holiday season—a season that is filled with joys and struggles that are both unique to this time of year, and present all the year through.
Today, we begin with the practice of saying “yes,” and saying “no.”
For the past few weeks, we’ve been taking a look at some occasions in scripture when people of faith had “holy meltdowns”—when pillars of our faith like Moses, Jonah, and Elijah had big emotions.
Because right now, there seem to be a lot of big emotions in the world. Something that might have bothered or annoyed us before, now has the potential to really set us off. It’s like we each have less of an emotional buffer, and then when you put us all together in society, we feed off each other and reactions get really intense really quickly.
Traditionally, the church has told us that "good" or "faithful" Christians don't let their emotions get the best of them. But the truth is, there are times in everyone's life when they have "big emotions." Sometimes, even the most faithful people—those who love God and serve Christ with their whole lives reach a breaking point. In this series, we’re looking at these “holy meltdowns” to see how God worked in or through them, and think about how God works through us, too, in similar situations.
We’ve looked at holy meltdowns in the prophets and in Jesus himself, and today we see a different kind of moment—a relational meltdown between two apostles: Paul and Barnabas.
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We often think of religion as confined to certain texts or spaces. But our faith can be so much more — from guiding our lives’ purpose to enriching the seeming minutiae of our daily routines.
Christianity offers timeless practices that help both Christians — and the world — to flourish. Practices that—woven together, form an entire way of life.
Today we begin a short, three-week series in which we will explore just three of these practices, helping us to see that it’s possible to create a way of life that’s both attuned to present-day needs and taught by ancient wisdom.
I chose three practices that I thought particularly speak to life as we move into the busy holiday season—a season that is filled with joys and struggles that are both unique to this time of year, and present all the year through.
Today, we begin with the practice of saying “yes,” and saying “no.”
