Posts with the tag “fear”

When Fear Says " There is Not Enough"A glass of water sits on a table. Is it half full or half empty?Most of us have heard this question so often that it feels like a tired cliché. However, its persistence- and why I ask it now- is because this question reveals a fundamental truth about the human condition. It forces us to ask about our perspective on what we have, seeing it as abundance or scarci...  Read More

Time Is Not Yours to Conquer: It Is a Gift to StewardThere is a moment in the Gospel of John when two grieving sisters say almost the exact same thing to Jesus. Mary says it. Martha says it. Word for word, the same sentence: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." It is a sentence soaked in grief, in faith, and in something that every human being who has ever watched a clock ...  Read More

Moving Past the Fear of RejectionMost of us know the fear of rejection, even if we do not always call it that. It is the fear of putting ourselves out there and wondering what will happen next. Maybe they ignore us. Maybe they say no. Maybe they laugh. Maybe they judge. Maybe someone we thought was on our side looks at us differently, and suddenly that old question shows up again: am I enough?I wi...  Read More

The Courage to Commit: Offering Ourselves Fully to God and One AnotherModern commitment life reveals a quiet irony. We readily subscribe to services, lease vehicles, buy insurance, agree to terms, and make financial pledges to strangers. We swipe and tap credit cards, promising repayment without much thought. Our commitments are frequent yet often made with little deliberation. However, when asked...  Read More

New FormatBlog Posts will now look at the past week, along with some reflection questions based on the sermon.The Only Thing We Have to FearFranklin Delano Roosevelt faced a nation engulfed in fear. The Great Depression had devastated the economy, leaving families in poverty. Cities were overcrowded, driven by greed, and suffering from disease. Within a week of his inauguration, Adolf Hitler becam...  Read More