We spend enormous energy trying to earn approval, whether growing for it, shrinking for it, or reshaping ourselves to get it - and communities spend enormous energy dispensing it, withholding it, or u...  Read More

Sometimes you hear people say things like, "Anytime somebody says...you know..." or "I can't handle the kind of person who..." This Spotlight is here to put an end to that. By the time you finish this...  Read More

The journey of reconciliation will always include change, including, very often, a change in perception. This is especially true when there is, at least as far as you can tell, no real hope for coming...  Read More

The journey of reconciliation will always include change, including, very often, a change in perception. That perception change is especially noticeable when what we need to reconcile is simply differ...  Read More

The journey of reconciliation will always include change, including, very often, a change in perception. Let's consider how reconciliation turns the unavoidable reality of harm into a cycle of repairi...  Read More

Finding the kind of freedom that the Bible talks about means finding a place in the household of God. This belonging is yours, undeniably, and nobody can take it from you. At the same time, this freed...  Read More

If you're going to talk about freedom, you're going to talk about choices. At the core of constraint is the idea that choice has been removed; when the constraints are gone, you are "now free to move ...  Read More

The freedom for which Christ has set us free is not theoretical, private, or fragile. It is real freedom that shows up in the way we speak, serve, and stand among others. In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul insi...  Read More

What is your favorite fictional depiction of "freedom"?  God's vision of freedom is larger than personal choice or protected liberties. Scripture speaks of freedom not as the absence of limits, but as...  Read More

When was the last time you felt "off"? The idea of "going with the flow" isn't always good - it can be an apathetic way of escaping. Flow, at least in the way Jesus talks about it, is not escape. It i...  Read More

Have you ever had a dispute with a teacher or boss about the wording of a question or instruction? It is common - almost instinctive - to experience God as another force trying to control things. Anot...  Read More

Entropy isn’t just a law of thermodynamics. It’s a truth about being human. In this Spotlight, we’re going to talk about what happens when our attempts at control inevitably fall apart—and what it mi...  Read More