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What do you do when life places you in the dark—
when circumstances close in, and faith feels tested beyond words?

In this opening episode of Scattered Moments, Matt Tullos reflects on the reality that adversity is not the exception… it’s the classroom.

Featuring a powerful original poem, The Belly of the Beast, this episode explores the hidden places of suffering—where loss, disappointment, addiction, betrayal, and silence converge. And yet, even there, something deeper is happening.

Through the story behind the hymn “No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus” by Charles Weigle, and the steady truth of 2 Corinthians 4, we’re reminded:

We may be pressed… but not crushed.
Struck down… but not destroyed.

Sometimes faith isn’t formed in comfort—
but in the quiet, unseen places where God meets us in the storm.

Take heart.
Notice the scattered moments.
And share the grace.

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What if the greatest truth about God is also the one we struggle to believe?

That He is… approachable.

In this episode of Scattered Moments, we reflect on the quiet, astonishing invitation at the heart of the gospel—that we can come near to God. Not cautiously. Not after we’ve cleaned ourselves up. But boldly… even in our weakness.

Drawing from Scripture and the wisdom of the early church, this episode explores the tension we all feel—the instinct to hide, to strive, to prove ourselves—and the gentle call of a Father who simply says, come closer.

This is not a safe journey.
It will cost you your pride.
It will reshape what you hold onto.

But it will lead you into the life your heart has been longing for.

If you’ve ever felt distant from God…
or wondered if you’re still welcome in His presence…

This moment is for you.

✨ Take care, notice the scattered moments, and share the grace.

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🌅 He is with us.

His obituary was in the paper. The stone was in place. Rome's finest were on guard. And yet — somehow — Jesus showed up hungry for breakfast.

He didn't go looking for better followers. He went back to the deniers, the doubters, the deserters. He chased after the ragtag, the deeply flawed, the ones who ran.

Which means He's chasing after us too.

The sting is gone. Death didn't win. And today — this glorious, impossible morning — we get to begin again.

May you live today with wide-eyed wonder. May you eat, work, sing, and laugh like it's the first time you've ever gotten to. May cynicism have no room at your table this morning.

He is risen. He is with us. And that changes everything. 🕊️

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It’s Saturday.

The tomb is sealed.
The guards are in position.
The sheep are scattered.
The light is gone.

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Before He draws His final breath… He prays.

In this Holy Week reflection, we step into the final moments of Jesus—suspended between earth and heaven—where His last words are not cries of despair, but a prayer of trust:

“Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.”

This episode traces that ancient prayer from Psalm 31 through the lips of Jesus on the cross, revealing a posture not just for death—but for daily living.

What does it mean to entrust your life fully into the hands of God?
What if surrender is not loss—but the doorway to peace?

With poetic reflection and pastoral insight, this episode explores:

• The childlike trust at the heart of Jesus’ final words
• The connection between bedtime prayers and eternal hope
• The beauty of release at the end of the race
• The promise that we are adopted, accepted, and held by the Father

This is more than a final statement.
It is an invitation.

To rest.
To trust.
To pray:

“Into Your hands… take me.”

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This is not the cry of defeat.

“It is finished.”

From the cross, Jesus speaks—not as one overcome, but as one who has completed the work He came to do. Every step of suffering, every moment of endurance, every ounce of obedience has led to this final declaration.

The race is run.
The price is paid.

And what does that mean for us?

It means the record of our wrongs—every failure, every hidden sin, every weight we carry—has been fully and finally settled. Not reduced. Not postponed. Not negotiated.

Paid in full.

In this episode of Scattered Moments, we reflect on the meaning of those final words—and the freedom they declare over every life willing to receive it.

Take heart, notice the scattered moments, and share the grace.

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Two words.

That's all He says.

After the long night. The lashes. The miles. The weight of the world pressing down on Him — Jesus speaks the most human sentence of the crucifixion:

"I thirst."

Not a sermon. Not a shout of victory. Just… need.

In this fifth episode of our Holy Week series — The Seven Last Words — we sit with the stunning vulnerability of a thirsting Christ. The One who stood in the temple courts and cried out "if anyone is thirsty, come to Me and drink" is now dying of thirst on a Roman cross.

But this is more than physical.

This is longing. The God who spoke the oceans into existence — thirsting. For peace. For meaning. For something that finally satisfies. For you.

This brief reflection is for anyone who has sipped from everything the world offers and still found themselves standing in the same desert they started in.

Each episode is only about four minutes long — a brief pause for Holy Week.

New episodes release daily through Holy Week.

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In this fourth episode of our Holy Week series — The Seven Last Words — we sit with the most searingly honest words ever spoken: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

This is for anyone who has prayed and not heard. Who has waited and not seen. Who has whispered into the dark and felt nothing come back.

You are not losing your faith. You are not broken beyond repair. You are standing in the same space where Jesus stood — and His voice is already there before you.

The psalm doesn't end in despair. Neither does this.

Each episode is only about four minutes long — a brief pause for Holy Week.

New episodes release daily through Holy Week.

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In the middle of His own suffering, Jesus looks down from the cross and sees His mother.

And He makes sure she will not walk through it alone.

This third episode in our Holy Week series — The Seven Last Words — reflects on one of the most tender moments of the crucifixion. With a few quiet words, Jesus creates a family not by blood, but by love. And in doing so, He reveals something we desperately need to hear:

He is still seeing. He is still providing. Even now.

This brief reflection is for anyone carrying a grief they haven't told anyone about — and anyone who needs to be reminded that they are not too small for His attention.

Each episode is only about four minutes long — a short pause for Holy Week.

New episodes release daily through Holy Week.

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Two men hang beside Jesus. Same cross. Same pain. Same moment. Two completely different responses.

One demands proof. The other pleads for hope. And in that desperate, dying plea, grace does what grace always does — it reaches further than anyone thought possible.

In this episode, Matt Tullos reflects on the second of the Seven Last Words of Jesus: "Today, you will be with me in paradise." A word spoken not to the religious, not to the deserving, not to those who had time to make things right — but to a thief at the end of everything.

No time. No resume. No offering.

Just a man turning his head toward Jesus and crying out.

If you've ever wondered whether grace could reach you — this is the episode to hear.

Lord, remind me today that your grace has no bottom and no edge. That it reached a dying thief on his worst day — and that it reaches me on mine. Help me turn my head toward you, just as he did, and trust that your answer will be the same. Today. Paradise. You. Amen.

Scattered Moments is a five-minute faith reflection releasing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Find the grace hidden in ordinary moments. Take heart. Share the grace.