Jesus encourages us to embrace denial, just not the denial we are so good at and which feels natural to us. Jesus invites us toward a different, holy denial, one that feels more like grace.

Enjoy soul-stirring music and a creative baptism.

Enjoy soul-stirring music and a creative baptism.

Sometimes it seems as if God is doing nothing at all to deliver exhausted people from their suffering. But things aren’t always what they seem.

Excuses are what we do in the face of something important, risky, and new. Moses was no different. God helps us see we have everything we already need.