Community is not merely a collection of individuals who happen to share a space. It is the network of commitments that changes what those individuals…
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Hope After Breaking
Some things break cleanly. A cup falls, shatters and can be swept away. Human lives are rarely so simple.
Redemption Stories in Scripture
The Bible is full of redemption stories. That is easy to forget because familiarity can smooth their rough edges.
The God Who Restores
Restoration is one of the great themes of Christian hope. We encounter it whenever something valuable has been damaged or lost: trust, confidence…
Repentance and Renewal
Repentance can sound like a word belonging mainly to sermons about wrongdoing. Yet at its heart, repentance is about turning.
Redeemed Failures (Romans 8:28)
Failure can make a promise about our future that it has no authority to make. It tells us that because something went wrong, everything that follows…
Failure and Redemption — When Things Break, Grace Remains
Failure is one of those subjects we would often rather discuss at a safe distance. We can analyse somebody else’s failed project, read a case study…
Growing in Grace (2 Pet 3:18)
Peter ends his second letter with an invitation to grow. Not merely to become more disciplined.
Spiritual Rhythms for Real Life
Spiritual rhythms can sound idealistic. We imagine long periods of silence, carefully organised devotional routines and lives with enough spare time to…
Patterns That Form Our Hearts
Our hearts are formed by repetition. What we return to, dwell upon, practise and desire gradually becomes part of us.