Great Road Church

Most of us like to plan our travel in advance. But spiritually, this doesn’t always work. Our “travel guide” - the Holy Spirit - is like the wind, blowing wherever it pleases. God’s uncontrollable Spirit may frustrate our plans, but is also full of surprises. How can we live ready to be surprised by God?

Most of us like to plan our travel in advance. But spiritually, this doesn’t always work. Our “travel guide” - the Holy Spirit - is like the wind, blowing wherever it pleases. God’s uncontrollable Spirit may frustrate our plans, but is also full of surprises. How can we live ready to be surprised by God?

“Power tends to corrupt.” Lord Acton’s perennial insight has taught us to be suspicious of power, and rightly so. After all, the gospel calls for the humbling of the proud and powerful. Yet it also invites us to receive the Holy Spirit’s power! How do we exercise and steward this good power? How do we live as empowered people with zero tolerance for the abuse of power?

“Power tends to corrupt.” Lord Acton’s perennial insight has taught us to be suspicious of power, and rightly so. After all, the gospel calls for the humbling of the proud and powerful. Yet it also invites us to receive the Holy Spirit’s power! How do we exercise and steward this good power? How do we live as empowered people with zero tolerance for the abuse of power?

“Power tends to corrupt.” Lord Acton’s perennial insight has taught us to be suspicious of power, and rightly so. After all, the gospel calls for the humbling of the proud and powerful. Yet it also invites us to receive the Holy Spirit’s power! How do we exercise and steward this good power? How do we live as empowered people with zero tolerance for the abuse of power?

“Power tends to corrupt.” Lord Acton’s perennial insight has taught us to be suspicious of power, and rightly so. After all, the gospel calls for the humbling of the proud and powerful. Yet it also invites us to receive the Holy Spirit’s power! How do we exercise and steward this good power? How do we live as empowered people with zero tolerance for the abuse of power?

“Love the sojourners… for you were sojourners” (Deut. 10:19). As much as we’d like to believe we’ve ‘arrived’ in life, God places the experience of journey, wilderness wandering, and liminal spaces at the heart of our theology and ethics. Where do we find God when we haven’t yet arrived at home? What does it mean to be a community hospitable to travelers?

“Love the sojourners… for you were sojourners” (Deut. 10:19). As much as we’d like to believe we’ve ‘arrived’ in life, God places the experience of journey, wilderness wandering, and liminal spaces at the heart of our theology and ethics. Where do we find God when we haven’t yet arrived at home? What does it mean to be a community hospitable to travelers?

“Love the sojourners… for you were sojourners” (Deut. 10:19). As much as we’d like to believe we’ve ‘arrived’ in life, God places the experience of journey, wilderness wandering, and liminal spaces at the heart of our theology and ethics. Where do we find God when we haven’t yet arrived at home? What does it mean to be a community hospitable to travelers?

“Love the sojourners… for you were sojourners” (Deut. 10:19). As much as we’d like to believe we’ve ‘arrived’ in life, God places the experience of journey, wilderness wandering, and liminal spaces at the heart of our theology and ethics. Where do we find God when we haven’t yet arrived at home? What does it mean to be a community hospitable to travelers?