“Ruth’s life is not living up to her expectations. She is a childless widow, living in a foreign land, dependent on the favor of strangers. Enter the Redeemer – the one who can rewrite the ending of a story gone wrong, buying back tragedy and making way for restoration.”
Tag: Identity
Edgar Bazan ~ On Being Hispanic
“It wasn’t until I came to the U.S. as an immigrant that I was given this label or identity of being a Hispanic.”
Interview: Mary DeMuth Talks “We Too” with Carrie Carter
“There is a holy reckoning unfolding before us in the church.”
Andy Stoddard ~ The Gift of Brokenness
We can’t run
from this. No matter how powerful, wealthy, famous, or holy we are, we are ashes. No matter how great of an influencer on social media we are, we are
ashes. No matter how big a church we are part of, we are ashes. We are ashes. We are broken. We are sinful.
This realization of brokenness is one of the greatest gifts we can ever receive.
Jeff Rudy ~ Third Day Dimension
“What do you mean, that’s not my father? Those are the hands that cared for me. Those are the arms that took me up and hugged me. Those are the lips that spoke to me; the eyes that searched for me; the chest on which I fell asleep, knowing I was safe in his care. Everything I have ever known of my father was through this body. Don’t tell me that’s not him.”
Aaron Perry ~ Self-Consciousness vs Self-Awareness
Good leadership requires self-awareness: a leader knowing herself by acknowledging her gifts and limits to set herself up for success.
Edgar Bazan ~ Relaunch
God wanted them to know that even though they were suffering, they were not forsaken. God wanted the people of Israel to understand that the hardship they were experiencing would not be the end of them. God wanted to give them a fresh start, a new beginning in their life, a relaunch, so to speak. By telling them, “forget the former things,” God was saying, “it is time to move on.”
Otis T. McMillan ~ What Defines You This Year?
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” - Matthew 5:6 The proper appetite is required to…
Edgar Bazan ~ A Hard Reset
While we can’t ignore the past – it happened – we can reframe it into a story of redemption by looking at it, by talking about it, by thinking about it through the lens of Jesus’ love and grace. We change our past by allowing it to be redeemed.
Shaun Marshall ~ When All Else Fails
Gideon is saying, “my narrative contradicts your call. My life story does not line up with what you’re saying, Lord. My circumstances do not fit the direction you are navigating me in.”