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The Hour Has Come — Lose to Gain
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this...
Looking Back with Grace, Not Guilt
December is filled with emotion. It arrives almost unexpectedly; although we know it’s coming, it still feels like a surprise. As we wrap presents, we're also wrapping up the year. We step back and look at either the perfectly wrapped gift or a job that's “good enough,” and...
The Illusion of Freedom: When “Do What You Want” Isn’t Really Freedom
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity-for people are slaves to whatever has mastered them. —2 Peter 2:19 (NIV) My sprint toward freedom began when I was nineteen. I was ready to explore, escape, and be free from my childhood. Growing up in the nineties...
Agape – Love in Action
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things...
The Next Generation and Me
I joined the Flatirons Aurora Student Ministry in 2023. On my first night of student groups, I thought, What if they don’t like me? What if I don’t know what to say? What if I’m not cool? During introductions, I felt awkward, and I could tell that the students sensed my...
Obedience through Suffering – Garden of Gethsemane
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed...