What matters most to you at the end of the day - what you accomplished, or what kind of person you were and who you spent time with? In our productivity-obsessed world, it's worth thinking about what we're missing out on when we just focus on looking good and getting things done. Of course, as Kelly Vine shows us in this episode, this isn't a modern problem - Jesus has exactly this same kind of conversation with two sisters in Luke 10: 38-42. Come listen in and see how we can have confidence to come to Jesus just as we are.

In this week's conversation with Jesus, Ryan Collier takes a look at the story of the woman at the well as we examine where each of us is trying to quench our thirst, and why it might be leaving us empty. Fortunately, Jesus offers us an alternative. 

This week we get to hear from FOCUS Raleigh royalty as former Area Director Amy Moreau opens up Mark 5:21-42 and helps us see two people who seem vastly different on the outside, but have a lot in common as both the powerful and powerless come to Jesus in moments of crisis. Amy encourages us in our own struggles and also asks us to consider how, once we meet Jesus, we can become agents of healing to others around us.

This week we look at a conversation between Jesus and his disciples in Matthew 10:5-10 as Caroline Kunkel helps us understand that while what Jesus calls his followers to in these verses may seem intimidating at first, really it's as simple as loving him and loving those around us. And the best part is, he empowers us to do both. Listen in with us as we consider how to live out the calling of a disciple in our world today.

In our second Conversation with Jesus, Kelly Vine takes us through a story in Mark 9 where Jesus meets a man asking him to work a miracle for his ill son. At the moment Jesus questions him, he replies "I do believe - help my unbelief!" All of us at any given moment are a mixture of belief and unbelief - so how do we admit that honestly to Jesus and bring him both our faith and our doubts simultaneously?

Welcome to the FOCUS Raleigh Devotional Podcast! This semester we'll be looking at Conversations with Jesus, as Area Director Ryan Collier takes us through Luke 19:1-10, where we see Jesus' interaction with someone who's lonely and isolated get transformed by simple connection. During this challenging time, maybe we could all stand to do the same - seek Jesus, ask him our questions, listen to his, and see what happens.