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Stop Asking the World What Only God Can Answer

We all wake up in the morning with a question that needs answering. "Am I enough?" "Am I loveable?" Jesus wants to meet us where we are and answer these questions for us. Taking these questions to the world results in disaster.

Peter Gammell

July 24, 2025

I can’t rest because I haven’t earned it! (but I’m wrong)

I'm exhausted from searching for security and validation in my vocation. I need rest, but I can't let myself rest until I've earned it...right?

Peter Gammell

June 4, 2025

Stop Climbing! The Secret to Getting Closer to God

I mean, I know the common 'wisdom' that the spiritual life involves ascending to heaven and escaping this mortal world. It’s right there in the word, “spirituality!” Obviously, I need to climb the ladder to connect with God, right?

Brandon Booth

May 27, 2025

Napping can be a prayer and a "sacrament"

Here’s a true story from one of our retreat attendees:I spread my blanket in a sunny spot in the woods, lay down stiffly and said, “Ok Jesus. Instead of praying, I’m going to take a nap now. Will you still be here when I wake up?”

Liv Booth

May 20, 2025

Rest and Restoration

What do we do when we've betrayed Jesus? Nothing. We're stuck. What does Jesus do when we've betrayed him? He seeks us out to forgive and restore us!

Peter Gammell

May 13, 2025

The Real Reason I Don't Rest

My inability to rest is a profound spiritual crisis. My obsession with being “busy” is mostly driven by desperation to validate my existence — to prove that I am worth loving. Beneath this obsession lies a haunting belief: "It all depends on me!" My struggle to rest is a direct reflection of my struggle to trust in God. Let me explain:

Brandon Booth

April 29, 2025

No other gods offer security

My anxious heart desperately searches the world asking, "Are you my God? Are you? Or you?" I peer hopefully at Power, thinking perhaps it can protect me. I gaze longingly at Money, wondering if it might provide the security I crave... But none of those things can really be my God. They are all big, ugly Snorts!

Brandon Booth

April 8, 2025

Who, not How: Watching Jesus Provide

I get scared that Jesus isn’t sure how to help me, so I turn my attention to what I think will solve my problem. It’s usually money. I have a hard time trusting that he knows better and that my plan is probably lame compared to his. Thank God he acts for my good anyway, even if my attention is divided!

Liv Booth

April 1, 2025

Spiritual Disciplines: What are we measuring?

I long to grow in my faith, I’m convicted that I’m not where I should be, and the spiritual disciplines seem like the steps to get me from point A to point B. But is measuring my spiritual progress really what spiritual disciplines are for? What if they measure something else?

Peter Gammell

March 25, 2025

Facing the "could be's" with "It is finished!"

Sometimes I wake up in the morning with this overwhelming sense that everything is up in the air. “Sure, I got through yesterday, but today I’ve got to prove myself for real, and if I don’t...” This is sort of a background litany of thoughts that make up my negative core narrative of “I’m not enough…I’ll always mess up.” Maybe you can relate.

Peter Gammell

October 22, 2024

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Stop Asking the World What Only God Can Answer

I can’t rest because I haven’t earned it! (but I’m wrong)

Stop Climbing! The Secret to Getting Closer to God

Napping can be a prayer and a "sacrament"

Rest and Restoration

The Real Reason I Don't Rest

No other gods offer security

Who, not How: Watching Jesus Provide

Spiritual Disciplines: What are we measuring?

Facing the "could be's" with "It is finished!"