Here's Your Sign
For a lamb to be worthy of sacrifice in the temple, there were certain conditions that had to be met. The lamb had to be spotless and unblemished.
Dec 22, 2024•7 min
The Wake-Up Call
The Wake-Up Call is a daily encouragement to shake off the slumber of our busy lives and turn our eyes toward Jesus. Each morning our community gathers around a Scripture, a reflection, a prayer, and a few short questions, inviting us to reorient our lives around the love of Jesus that transforms our hearts, homes, churches, and cities.
Episodes
Big Things, Little Package
Where are we looking to find our hope and assurance amidst the uncertainties and storms we see raging in the world?
Dec 21, 2024•10 min
Drop the Blanket
Security and comfort aren’t always found in what we’re holding on to; it’s found in what’s holding us—the good news of this Christmas story, Immanuel, Christ with us.
Dec 20, 2024•7 min
The Wonder in the Working
Perhaps you feel unseen, overlooked, and stained from whatever sin that’s still sticking to you, or maybe you have been given a label from the world. Hear this: you have value.
Dec 19, 2024•8 min
GPS: God's Positioning System
God of wonder, just as a GPS guides our earthly journey, we thank you for being our Divine Navigator, leading us on the path of righteousness.
Dec 18, 2024•8 min
Herod the (Not So) Great
When you realize the length God has gone to reach you through the gift of Jesus, it’s more about what he desires to do within you and through you that matters most.
Dec 17, 2024•8 min
Light Will Guide You Home
That is the power of light; it helps us find our way in the darkness.
Dec 16, 2024•7 min
The Wonder in the Searching
God is not a God who plays hide-and-seek with his creation. The season of Advent serves as a reminder for us all that no matter how lost or on the outside we may feel, not only have we already been found, he’s with us this very moment.
Dec 15, 2024•8 min
Deep Darkness and a Great Light
Illumination minimizes the darkness, and the world is just a little less scary as a result.
Dec 14, 2024•7 min
Stressors
For Mary to trust in an uncertain future, she had to look back at the certainty of a holy God.
Dec 13, 2024•8 min
Synchronized Heartbeats
Joy based on circumstances, status, or position can easily fluctuate and change. Joy that is rooted in the unchanging love of God is a joy that withstands.
Dec 12, 2024•7 min
Patience in the Developing
The secret is this: trust him and be patient in the waiting.
Dec 11, 2024•6 min
Potholes to Gardens
It’s easy to focus on the pothole. But what if God is growing something right in the middle of the mess?
Dec 10, 2024•7 min
Angel Greetings 101
Mary, in this quiet and beautiful moment, didn’t understand the “how.” Not by any stretch of the imagination. Yet, she did understand the who that was behind it.
Dec 09, 2024•8 min
The Wonder in the Watching
If the people in our nativity sets are wearing shoes, the truth is, none of them should have been—because holy ground was breaking out all around them.
Dec 08, 2024•7 min
Origin Story
Shame may have stepped into the story of humanity, but the arrival of Jesus into the world was the fulfillment of God’s promise and the coming victory over the Enemy.
Dec 07, 2024•6 min
Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong
Is there a song in your heart that needs to be sung today?
Dec 06, 2024•7 min
A Super-Spreader Event
What stories of wonder are we proclaiming, and what are people saying about the work of God in and among us?
Dec 05, 2024•7 min
I Doubt It
How many times does our doubt literally get in the way of the wonder that God has placed in our paths?
Dec 04, 2024•6 min
The Wonder in the Waiting
What if a waiting season is not a wasted season?
Dec 03, 2024•8 min
Kids Get It
God has more wonder in his hands than we can ever realize. The question is: Are our hands ready to receive all that he has prepared to pour over us?
Dec 02, 2024•7 min
Ponder This
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19).
Dec 01, 2024•8 min
The Glory of the Lord Filled the Tabernacle: Back to Plan A
The wilderness teaches us a whole new order and a completely new and different way of life. We have been delivered from the empire of Pharaoh to the kingdom of God.
Nov 30, 2024•18 min
So All the Work on the Tabernacle . . . Was Completed: The Long and Winding Road of Deliverance
What has the Lord been teaching you through these months together in Exodus? How might you distill a few of the revelations and learnings? How are you being delivered?
Nov 29, 2024•12 min
His Face Was Radiant: The Two Letters That Changed Everything
In the Old Testament, God is with us. In the post-Pentecost New Testament, God is within us.
Nov 28, 2024•21 min
Be Careful . . . Write Down These Words: It's All About Worship
The question is not whether we worship; it’s who or what we worship. Whatever or whoever it is that we order our lives around in order to make them work—that is our God.
Nov 27, 2024•21 min
Moses Bowed to the Ground at Once and Worshiped: How Might God Experience Your Worship?
God is as real to you as your worship is real to him.
Nov 26, 2024•19 min
The Lord, the Lord, the Compassionate and Gracious God: On the True Nature of the God of Heaven and Earth
This is not a God to hide from but to be hidden in. His presence is healing because his nature is love.
Nov 25, 2024•23 min
God’s Triumph over Death (Psalm 30)
One of the defining identity markers for Christians is that we are resurrection people. This means that we understand that God always has the last word.
Nov 24, 2024•9 min
Now Show Me Your Glory: The Journey from Hiding to Hiddenness
Hiddenness is the gift of God to the humble ones, who have traded in their own quest for glory for the pursuit of beholding the glory of Another.
Nov 23, 2024•21 min
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