Monty Don is a master gardener. He so tenderly and expertly tends the flora and fauna in his care. Jesus used a metaphor in which God is a master gardener to call us to make our homes with God for there we find all we need for a good, healthy life.
All of us have scars. Most of us try to cover them up. But what if God didn’t want us to cover them up but allow him to make something beautiful and meaningful out of them?
Christ is risen! Yet we still experience pain and suffering. How might we reconcile Christ’s resurrection with our still messy world? Listen in to find out.
Jesus reminded us that in order for delicious food to rise from the ground first a seed has to be buried. We have a sense of what this meant for his life, but what does it mean for ours?
Sometimes it’s hard to see the ways God is blessing us. Scripture encourages us to look in life’s rearview mirror from time to time to see the ways God has redeemed us from trouble in the past. Doing so will fill our hearts with gratitude and joy.
God blesses us and calls us to be a blessing. Are we blessing just the loudest voices around us or are we listening especially for marginalized voices so we can be sure to bless all people?
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Life is filled with messages. At best, most of them are forgettable. Plenty of them are confusing and anxiety-inducing. Filled With Messages are the sermons of Ruth Farrell, the lead pastor of a…
church in Chicagoland. If you want to fill your life with encouraging, transforming messages, listen in.