What comes to mind when you hear the word, “holy?” That word probably conjures negative feelings. This may be because you were raised in a rigid religious home. Maybe you don’t like the way holiness has been co-opted by political culture warriors. Or maybe the word just sounds medieval.

When we talk about holiness, we are talking about life. Abundant life. Flourishing life. Restorative life. The call to holiness is a call to healing and restoration. But it’s first a call to allegiance...to God who has revealed himself in Jesus.

Why? Because God loves us. Passionately.

Without holiness, we aren’t fully human. The call to holiness is the call to abide in Jesus and experience the restoration of our life’s calling: that we live as God’s image-bearers, revealing his love and glory to a world that has lost its way...a world that has lost its God-given humanity.