All of our experiences of the past nine months are being knit together in our “wombs” as we prepare to celebrate birth this week. What will these final days of preparation include? Will our preparations and celebrations give birth to love?

LukeJoyce EvendenDecember 20, 2020Love, Advent, preparation, Favor, LiberationComment

Comfort and Joy: Preparation and Power

In this Advent Season 2020 there are many restrictions keeping us apart. But there is nothing keeping us from experiencing the joy and peace of God’s presence.

LukeJoyce EvendenDecember 13, 2020peace, joy, God's presenceComment

Comfort and Joy: Transformation and Restoration

They say, “You can’t go back home again.” Post-pandemic, to what will we return? Do we really want to go back? Or do we anticipate a future that is better than ever before?

IsaiahJoyce EvendenDecember 6, 2020future, lessons learned, transformation, Restoration Comment

Comfort and Joy: Presence and Provision

We may be asking in 2020, “Where is God?” Sometimes the weight of it all can feel oppressive. We may feel like God has deserted us. But God is with us. God is always doing a new thing.

IsaiahJoyce EvendenNovember 29, 2020Advent, Comfort, JoyComment

Remember God Through Thick and Thin

We’ve all known times of financial scarcity, health challenges. We’ve most likely known times of abundance as well. May we remember God through thick and thin.

Psalm, DeuteronomyJoyce EvendenNovember 22, 2020scarcity, abundance, gratitude, omnipresenceComment

Greatest Sermon Ever Told

The Sermon on the Mount is an amazing thread of words of instruction and wisdom from the master teacher, Jesus.

MatthewJoyce EvendenNovember 15, 2020sermon, teaching, Jesus, instructionComment

Renewing Covenants

This election has highlighted the best and the worst in this amazing nation. The divisions that exist on the national stage also exist in our families, neighborhoods, and workplaces. So how do we move past Election 2020 toward the New Year 2021?

JoshuaJoyce EvendenNovember 8, 2020covenant, new beginnings, renewal, fresh startComment

Everlasting Signs

Our Christian faith revolves around the ideas of life, death, and resurrection. This cycle is present in nature, in our individual lives, and the lives of organizations. Do not despair but hold fast to this rule of life and find hope.

IsaiahJoyce EvendenNovember 1, 2020All Saints, Life's Journey, order, chaosComment