Posts with the category “everyday-rhythms”

Sometimes it’s hard to invite someone through the open door of the church. Maybe they’ve shared church hurt with you or maybe a childhood that turned them off…and an invitation back into a spiritual s...  Read More

This is outrageous.I can’t even believe this is happening. You should be outraged with me if you really understand what’s going on.You open your phone for a quick scroll, and within a few minutes your...  Read More

Have you ever had a week where nothing “bad” happened… and yet you still felt spiritually drained?Bilbo Baggins described it better than I can: “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped ove...  Read More

Last night, I lay in bed with my mind doing what it does best when the lights go out…rehearsing.Rehearsing all the failures, all the insufficiencies, all the what ifs, and I should ofs. Failure as a f...  Read More

There's a moment that happens almost every Sunday morning at New City that most people miss. It's when Jeniene refills the coffee urn before it's empty, when Gary notices someone standing alone and wa...  Read More

Most of us don’t stand on a literal mountain with a literal knife, but we do live in the tension between what God has promised and what He’s currently asking of us....  Read More