Have you ever chosen a “word of the year”?  Often it’s something personal from God and prayed over with great anticipation. I’ve never really been someone who does this – until this year. Still reeling from 2020, the hope for a redemptive 2021 was strong, so I prayed for a word. But instead of a…

Grit. I see it daily in my profession. I see it in the eyes of the men and women, young and old, that have made the decision to improve the quality of their lives, and have asked me for my help. Everyone has different reasons for being there, but all share one thing in common.…

Broken. Buried. Raised. Scarred. The heart of the Christian story will always be Jesus and the cross. Jesus and the empty tomb. To be a resurrected people is to steward this story; it is to invite this story to be told over every other story, every other circumstance. A resurrected people know they are broken.…

Kaarina Hsieh   What does it mean to be “resurrection people”?  This is a question that Christ followers should be asking ourselves every day. St. Augustine said that “we are an Easter people and our song is Alleluia”. It is this reality, charged with the words of St. Francis of Assisi  to “preach the Gospel…

There’s a classic storytelling trope called “the reveal”. In it, the hero is finally made aware of a dangerous plot, a missing link or that the one they fancied was standing in front of them all along, asking to be loved. The hero has a choice at that moment. Either ignore this news or adapt and…