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Dead or Alive

Let’s get one thing straight: Life doesn’t just work better with Jesus, without Him, there is no life at all. This week in our “Rooted and Ready” series, we hit one of the most honest, humbling, and hope-filled passages in the ...

Stop Mistaking Empathy for Compassion

They’re Not the Same, and It’s Hurting Us Let’s cut through the fluff: empathy is not compassion. And pretending they’re the same is making us soft in all the wrong places, blind to what’s broken, and oddly proud of standing still while ...

When Questions Are Silenced, the Church Suffocates

Let’s stop pretending the Church is fine. It’s not. The numbers say it. The exodus of young people says it. The stale worship. The empty classrooms. The leadership pipelines that dried up a decade ago. They all scream what no ...

Towel-Bearers in the Wild: Stories of Real Leaders Doing It the Jesus Way

Part 7 of the “Towel-Bearers: Redefining Leadership” Series They don’t wear name tags that say “hero.”They don’t have book deals, podcasts, or one of those larger than life cardboard checks.But they have towels. And they’re soaked. These are the leaders ...

Hope. Worth. Power.

There’s a prayer in Ephesians that punches through the noise of our weary, distracted lives. Paul writes to believers—people already following Jesus—and he doesn’t pray for their circumstances to change. He doesn’t ask for them to be more successful, less ...