Light in the Darkness
Reminders of the coming light…
Light in the Darkness
A Theology of Community and Action (James McBride)
God is encountered not in purity or power, but in flawed communities that choose mercy over safety. Faith is proven through action, especially when institutions fail and outcomes are uncertain. Heaven touches earth when ordinary people protect the vulnerable, cross boundaries, and bear one another’s
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Psalm 8, Ecclesiastes 3, Hebrews 2: Not Mastery, Reception
Your heavens.
The work of your fingers.
The moon and the stars, you set in place.
Not spreadsheets.
Not resolutions.
But sky.
Vastness.
Silence that dwarfs ambition.
What is mankind that you remember them?
Human beings that you visit them?
Small. Mortal. ʾEnōš.
And yet — crowned.
Entrusted
... See more“Many of our habits and beliefs are learned from those who raised us. Which family story are you unconsciously repeating and reenacting? How can you rewrite the script to liberate yourself and the next generation?”
3-2-1: On daily discomfort, the power of acting early, and life's greatest pleasure
December 28, 2025 Christmas • Day 4
INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2
"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."
Worshipers summoned not merely to feel gratitude, but to enter God’s presence as a people who already belong to him.
Keywords
הָרִיעוּ – hari‘u – “shout / raise a loud cry”, a
If everyone likes you, you're doing something wrong.
Every time someone disapproves of you, your brain registers it as a survival threat. Evolution wired us to believe that rejection equals death. If the tribe kicked you out, you didn't survive the winter.
But the world has changed. Being disliked is necessary to live a meaningful life.
The cost of... See more
Every time someone disapproves of you, your brain registers it as a survival threat. Evolution wired us to believe that rejection equals death. If the tribe kicked you out, you didn't survive the winter.
But the world has changed. Being disliked is necessary to live a meaningful life.
The cost of... See more
Brain Food: A Hunger for Excellence
2025.12.27 Christmas • Day 3
INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2
"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."
Worship is not a private sentiment but a cosmic summons.
God’s kingship proclaimed → his rule embodied in justice → his people called to joyful allegiance.
Hebrew terms
“Shout for joy” — rû
Among the oxen (like an ox I'm slow)
I see a glory in the stable glow
Which, with the ox's dullness might at length
Give me an ox's strength
Among the asses (stubborn I as they)
I see my Saviour where I looked for hay;
So may my beastlike folly learn at least
The patience of a beast.
Among the sheep (I like a sheep have strayed)
I watch the manger... See more
I see a glory in the stable glow
Which, with the ox's dullness might at length
Give me an ox's strength
Among the asses (stubborn I as they)
I see my Saviour where I looked for hay;
So may my beastlike folly learn at least
The patience of a beast.
Among the sheep (I like a sheep have strayed)
I watch the manger... See more
2. We lament that minority and female leaders remain sidelined.
Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sidelined because of our race, gender, or cultural background, and because of the way our convictions and ministry methodologies are at times discordant with the white and male-dominant culture that is... See more
Many of us and those we serve have been persistently excluded, questioned, or sidelined because of our race, gender, or cultural background, and because of the way our convictions and ministry methodologies are at times discordant with the white and male-dominant culture that is... See more
Home | A Call to Prayer & Lament
God of severe mercy, like Job, eventually I will lose everything — whatever treasures I have, my family, my health, my life. This bitter reality challenges my core motives: why am I following you? Who am I living this life for? Yet in this I rest: I belong to you, come what may. Amen.