“Okay, so who wants to pray?” Most of us have heard this in a group…and have sat in the awkward pause as literally no one wants to pray out loud, so the leader of the group takes one for the team and offers up the words. I confess, I hate praying out loud. When I … Continue reading pray

Let’s try an international story for today…imagine a group of people arriving in a majority world country. And by majority world, I refer to countries that are typically called ‘third world’ or ‘developing.’ I try to avoid these terms as much as possible, so that my language works to fight against the negative and marginalizing … Continue reading serving

Ever hear the phrase, ‘Forgive, but never forget’? It came up this week in one of the Red Letter Challenge small groups at North Cross as we discussed which of the themes would be hardest for us throughout Lent this year: being, forgiving, serving, giving, and going. Honestly, I had not thought of that phrase … Continue reading forgiving

It is not an abnormal thing for people around me to make observations that I never slow down. Sometimes I think I make my roommate tired with simply observing me in a normal day. I used to say I run on Mach 5, and took pride in my ‘busyness’ and ability to multitask. But there … Continue reading being