A.K.A. "Adversity can wreck our faith." That's why we need each other! This chat is based on some of Paul's thoughts in 1 Thessalonians chapters 2 and 3.

Beauty for ashes.

Isaiah 9, wintertime blues, 75 inch tv, dollar store candy, and more. It's a Christmas chat.

What's my core identity? Who am I, really?

This was two separate topics we chatted about at last night's Wednesday Whiteboard.

Luke 15:1-2 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!

I spent a week in the mountains with young people doing inner healing work. It's always intense and special. And it is SO good to have such a grace-community to come home to.

Joel is a real friend to Gateway. He spoke while I was away in Costa Rica.

This chat is based on Luke 19:11-27

What gets my attention is more important to who we become than what happens.