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The first command of the Great Commission is to "Go." This is both temporal (while you are going) and a command: get Going! Staying in the bubble is natural and easy. Going creates the need, the opportunities for proclaiming and teaching - making disciples - and desperate need for Spirit. Let's "Go"…

In every gospel (and Acts) Jesus Commissions his disciples to go, proclaim the gospels and make disciples. In every gospel, Jesus sends his disciples on training missions to practice that. Nearly every church agrees this is our Mission and Purpose… and yet we are nervous, vague on “how”, and very rarely do it on purpose. What would it look like to make “disciple making” the point and purpose of our church?

As we reflect on 2025, we must resist the "just do more and better" trap of guilt and shame. God doesn’t want our guilty gift Out of our glorious freedom in Christ we are invited to grow and flourish in righteousness. This is the road of discipleship in Jesus' footsteps. Gift of a Chore We had a lovely…

John 1:1-14 Jesus doesn’t do much in the Christmas story. He is just there. He shows up. While drama and mess unfolds all around, while angels show up, shepherds freak out, families shuffle, wise men travel, and kings tremble… Jesus just arrives. This sounds like the smallest thing, but it is the most…