We all have an idea of how life should look and how this world should work. Ultimately, that is what peace is all about. Everything living up to it's potential. All things as they should be. Discover the peace we find in Jesus' birth.

Hope might just be the strongest force on earth but only if we understand what it truly means. It's not wishful thinking but rather a confident expectation of God's hand in our lives. How can we all live with more hope?

The Kingdom Jesus announced had with it a calling or purpose for each of us. It gave us a mission for life. He started the Kingdom and we carry it on into everyday life. What is our Kingdom call?

It's not an accident that 'your kingdom come' shows up in the Lord's prayer before 'our daily bread'. How does praying this Kingdom prayer change the way we pray and in turn change the way we look at life?

From the moment Jesus started preaching the Sermon on the Mount the disciples knew this Kingdom life would be different. It would be much different than they ever expected when they decided to follow Him. So what is the difference between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Earth? And how do we live that difference?

"In the beginning..." God sets a tone. He immediately builds into our world a contrast. A difference between the kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of earth. We spend our whole life trying to close the gap between heaven and earth. What makes them so different and how can we live in that difference?

Jesus tells us to 'seek first the Kingdom' and it sounds like a good idea. But what if it wasn't simply an action to take but an antidote for life?

The disciples were accused of living contrary lives, of turning the world upside down! All because they proclaimed another king. What happens when we decide to serve a new king?

We are living letters to be read by people as a 'recommendation' to what God can do. As we surrender our lives, our stories, to Jesus, we are then marked by the Holy Spirit.

You know you are anchored when you feel the tension. And the tension tells you what you are tethered to. It is a place of discovery and testing. Do not despise the tension. Paul tells us embracing the pressure is where we develop character, which produces hope!