The Right Way to Be
Kindness. It’s good in principle, but is it worth the effort or even possible in our world? Listen in to hear why living with love and kindness are th...
Filled With Messages
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Life is filled with messages. At best, most of them are forgettable. Plenty of them are confusing and anxiety-inducing. Filled With Messages are the sermons of Ruth Farrell, the lead pastor of a church in Chicagoland. If you want to fill your life with encouraging, transforming messages, listen in.
The Importance of Saying No
Most of us struggle to set healthy boundaries, know our limits, say no at key moments. Jesus models how we can do so well.
Road Tripping with Emmanuel
We’d love for life to be filled with amazing road trips to fantastic vacation destinations. But more often our life’s journeys are boring and even dif...
Michael Packard and the Whale
We want to follow God. But sometimes God seems to be leading us in crazy ways to ridiculous places. What do we do when we disagree with God’s directio...
Life Can Only Be Lives Forwards
We are so often tempted to live in the past, in our comfort zones, but life can only be lived forwards. Jesus invites us to follow him in forwards liv...
Everyday Spirit Life
When we think of the Holy Spirit, some pretty astonishing moments in God’s story come to mind. But how can we learn to experience the Holy Spirit’s pr...
A Growing Person
All of us want to be happy, to have good lives. The author of Psalm 1 shares some things we can do to make that happen.
Green Meadows, Still Waters
God uses nature to restore, redeem, and recreate us, so let’s work to restore, redeem, and recreate it.
Abide with Monty Don
Monty Don is a master gardener. He so tenderly and expertly tends the flora and fauna in his care. Jesus used a metaphor in which God is a master gard...
The Kintsugi Master
All of us have scars. Most of us try to cover them up. But what if God didn’t want us to cover them up but allow him to make something beautiful and m...