Tag: Hope

  • Hope in Suffering

    Hope in Suffering

    The cross of Jesus is the only way to make sense of the suffering we experience.

  • Filled with Expectation

    Filled with Expectation

    The “people were filled with expectation”. Are you?

  • Finding God in the Fog of a New Year

    Finding God in the Fog of a New Year

    With the unseasonably warm weather this late December, there is a lot of morning fog rising off of Lake Norman and offers a great metaphor to enter the New Year.

  • The trees point to the cross

    The trees point to the cross

    Celebrating the birth is wonderful, but the cross reminds us that whatever we face “God is with us” to lead us through life’s challenges.

  • Be Opened!

    Be Opened!

    “At the heart of the Gospel is a word that sums up the whole message of Christ.” Ephatha – be opened!

  • Looking at the Sky

    Looking at the Sky

    In our busyness, it is easy to forget to look to the sky. We tend to think life is all toil and drudgery, and when we die, we will finally experience peace. We forget we are built for the infinity. We like gazing at the sky because we are destined…

  • Peering into the fog

    Peering into the fog

    I wanted blue skies and sunshine to conclude the retreat, but instead was only able to see the trees up close and fog beyond. Maybe that’s how God wants it – for me to direct my focus on that which is right before me and trust that God is silently…

  • Spreading the Nativity Virus

    Spreading the Nativity Virus

    Like the shepherds, Christmas invites all to ‘go and announce the Good News’. Its time to spread the ‘Nativity Virus’

  • The next piece of the puzzle

    The next piece of the puzzle

    People came to John the Baptist because they felt something was wrong in their life. Some pieces of the puzzle were missing, the picture was fuzzy, the boundaries were not well defined.

  • Hiking the Pandemic Trail

    Hiking the Pandemic Trail

    Lessons from the Appalachian Trail to guide us through this pandemic.