During Lent, we are learning how to deepen our dependence on God as we look at how Jesus responded when he was tested in the wilderness in Matthew 4. When we have everything we need, why do we need to depend on God?

During Lent, we are learning how to deepen our dependence on God as we look at how Jesus responded when he was tested in the wilderness in Matthew 4. When we have everything we need, why do we need to depend on God?

Scripture says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God; yet at the same time, it seems contradictory when Scripture also says we are sinful at birth and no one is righteous. The "shadow" parts of ourselves are the good and beautiful places that are twisted toward darkness when they do not find their end in Jesus.

Scripture says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God; yet at the same time, it seems contradictory when Scripture also says we are sinful at birth and no one is rightheous. The "shadow" parts of ourselves are the good and beautiful places that are twisted toward darkness when they do not find their end in Jesus.

In the final chapter of Jonah, we see God's profound compassion and grace fully revealed. At the same time, Jonah continues to reveal our selfish and hypocritical human nature.

God takes Jonah's bare minimum faithfulness and uses it to bring redemption to all of the Ninevites. This helps us understand God's judgment as merciful, as he works to make all things right.

Jonah's prayer from inside the belly of the fish offers us a chance to examine our own prayer life, particularly when we are in the depths.

The story of Jonah acts as a mirror to our own lives. Jonah's disobedience invites us to examine the ways we may be running from God.

Where there is light, darkness tries to push through. During epiphany, we reflect on what it means that Jesus came for all people and we have hope in the light even where there is darkness.

Epiphany is a time where we reflect and contemplate on this moment's implications for our world. What does it mean that it was revealed that Jesus is the Son of God?