The fast pace of our lives cuts off our connection to God, each other, and our own souls. Because we are programmed, prompted and pressured to do more and desire more and produce more, Jesus invites us to move away from hurry and into sabbath.

Hurry sickness clutters our schedules, our homes, and our hearts. But when we trust our good and generous God to richly provide for our needs, we stop hustling to accumulate more in our own power. Jesus invites us to move away from hurry and into simplicity.

Jesus invites us to move away from hurry and into solitude where we can be more present with God and ourselves. Solitude is a unique place to remember who we are in Jesus and open ourselves to the transformational work he is doing in us.

Hurry sickness is always striving but never arriving. The fast pace of our lives cuts off our connection to God, each other, and our own souls. Jesus invites us to move away from hurry and into stillness.

We can be deceived and distracted by the evil at work in our world. But when I remember that evil is ultimately defeated, I reclaim the confidence I need to win my battles today. I am strong when I allow God’s power to fight for me and through me.

I am gifted for you and you are gifted for me. Apart, our gifts lie dormant and useless. Together, our gifts make God’s Big Dream for the world come true!

Because of Jesus we are forever new and continually becoming new. Becoming new isn’t about trying harder or sinning less, it’s about being with Jesus and allowing him to do the transformational work in us. We are all a work in progress.

The cross destroyed the barriers that separate us from God and one another so we can take our place in God’s family. As God’s children, we are empowered to leverage our personal identities for the good of the world.

God gives us our identity. We do not earn it. It is a gift that no one can take away from us. We are God’s masterpiece!

On the first Easter, nobody expected no body. But that discovery was the unexpected beginning of everything! Unexpected endings are often unexpected beginnings in disguise.