The thing is, we need darkness. Life needs darkness. Seeds need the darkness deep down in the the dirt to sprout.

God built us this way. God gave us this light that shines through us.

Our God’s desire for us is an attitude of acceptance for our deeply human need to feel cared about and to feel cared for.

As followers of Jesus, we are called to live into resurrection, to risk our discomfort, fear, and skepticism for the sake of abundance.

Stewardship is about choosing this St. Luke’s family and the God we love, as Ruth chose Naomi and the God she loved.

In times of suffering do you find yourself asking “why” questions of God?

In a universe created by God and in which humans live, the challenge is how to hold these two contradictions together.

How do we open ourselves to the words of the prophets around us? Are we willing to see ourselves clearly, honestly? Are we ready to put our

To stop and to notice. To love and to be loved. That’s the gift of our beloved pets. It’s the gift of God’s creation all around us.

There’s a reason biblical literalism is so appealing: it simplifies things. It creates a sense of certainty that makes us feel safe.

Jesus is telling the disciples and us that God sees us fully in our vulnerability when we acknowledge that about ourselves and each other.

Understanding why suffering exists is beside the point. What is important to our faith, is how we respond to suffering.

When Jesus heals the Syrophoenician woman's daughter, he demonstrates that her persistence, her relentlessness, is what faith can look like.

I hope your faith in Christ is such a compelling force that you can’t help but be drawn to it over and over again.

Being the Body of Christ is about doing the next right thing. Or I would say doing the next grace-filled thing.

Bread does fill our stomachs, but it doesn’t fill our hearts– only Jesus can do that.

Grace is knowing that there is nothing—not sin, not suffering, not even death—that can separate you from God’s love.

Asking for help, leaning on the Body of Christ, is exactly what faith looks like.

Miracles have not disappeared. The abundance is there. The world is just waiting for the Body of Christ to make them happen.

True compassion springs forth from an internal feeling – a self-acceptance of ourselves and our own individual weaknesses.