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- Have you ever had that experience when a song begins to play and somehow the lyrics or the melody manage to say what you've not quite been able to say? Sometimes a song can express ideas we didn't know we were thinking or emotions we didn't realize we were feeling. Sometimes sounds can speak for us. Scripture tells us that the Spirit does the same, but with a power well beyond that of any song. The Spirit knows our thoughts and emotions more thoroughly than we do, knows the prayers we wish we could pray. In those moments when joy, gratitude, confusion, disappointment, or grief leave us at a loss for words, the Spirit steps in and makes sounds that speak.
- When Megan finds herself trapped in line at the grocery behind someone who's carefully price checking each and every item, she impatiently wonders just how long a wait she's in for. Eventually though, she realizes that this customer's needs far outweigh her means. This woman's predicament in the checkout line is the plight of us all. Each of us have a need that's far bigger than what we have the means to cover, a cost that we can't begin to pay. That's why the Son of God stepped in and paid it for us - paid for all of it for all of us. What began as an everyday inconvenience becomes a powerful reminder of the sacrifice and generosity offered to us all through Jesus. Price Check invites viewers to reflect on Jesus' redemptive act, reminding us that we are all indebted and imperfect, yet offered immeasurable grace and love.
- Confession is a fundamental aspect of personal growth and spiritual renewal. While admitting our wrongs is never easy, when we reach the point where the effects are unmistakable, when the result is broken things around us and a brokenness in our soul, confession is the only path toward transformation and, ultimately, healing. Psalm 51 is a powerful passage that's resonated in hearts for thousands of years because of its desperation, boldness, and brutal honesty. Many of us have been where David is, mired in a mess of our own making, and longing to go back to the beginning. This prayer, paired with the metaphor of a broken piece of furniture being put back together, is an invitation into confession and our personal process of restoration. It's a reminder that our brokenness can be mended through forgiveness.
- A young man caught between two worlds, and his discovery of what holds it all together.
- How do we approach periods of uncertainty, isolation, and a pervasive sense of disorientation? At some point, many of us will encounter a "dark night of the soul," a season in which we feel isolated and grapple with what we thought we knew. It can be challenging, lonely, and confusing. However, it can also change us. Might the dark night of the soul present an opportunity to reexamine our accumulated experiences and come to terms with the certainties we once held? During this process, could we begin to find new beauty in fleeting moments or uncover a new purpose behind it all? Like a photographer who snaps a photo on a mountainside but then labors in the seclusion of a darkroom to create something beautiful, tangible, and worth sharing, some of the best work of living unfolds during the darkest seasons.
- After relocating to a new city, a young woman finds herself grappling with a series of mounting issues. She reaches out again and again for help and can't help but wonder why it feels like she's been ghosted by the one she trusts the most.
- On the night Jesus was born there was no room for him in the town of Bethlehem except a lowly stable. Both then and now, the palaces, politics, and other venerated places of our world have little room for Jesus. Do we have room for him?
- Theo wants nothing more than to get home to his family to celebrate Christmas among the people and traditions he loves, but when his bus breaks down late on Christmas Eve he realizes that this holiday won't look anything like the one he planned. He has a choice to make: let the moment be ruined or look for a little bit of Christmas in the least likely of places. From among the other stranded passengers, Theo finds a few who help him assemble a makeshift Christmas right where they are. While it may not be the celebration any of them hoped for, it just might be exactly the one that some of them need.
- Every once in awhile we look around at our lives and we're overwhelmed by just how good things are at just that moment. But don't those days feel far too fleeting? We wait for the other shoe to drop or for something to come along and snatch it away from us. What does this say about us and our definition of what's good? And what does it say about our view of a God who says he is always good? In a world that offers both joy and sorrow, how do we live with an expectation that when it comes to the goodness of God... there's more where that came from?
- Each step Jesus took toward the cross was a decision, a choice he made to continue a journey that would result in his humiliation and our rescue. For hundreds of years, the church has used the Way of the Cross (sometimes called the Stations of the Cross) to meditate on these final moments of Jesus' life. By blending artistic iconography and scripture, the Way of the Cross takes people on a devotional journey that helps us deeply consider and identify with the calling, suffering, and sacrifice of the Son of God on our behalf. This film for Good Friday and Easter utilizes sculptural depictions of Jesus' final moments paired with scripture and abstract imagery to evoke a journey of our own, inviting us all to walk these steps along with Jesus.
- We make discoveries all the time. We unearth an understanding of a certain topic. We stumble upon a handful of people we love. We track down that one thing we seem born to do. But have you ever discovered something that changes everything? That's the kind of find that Jesus talks about in one of the shortest stories he ever told: "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." In this retelling of Jesus' parable, an aging treasure hunter stumbles across a fortune far greater than he ever expected, and his discovery upends his whole life.
- Are our body, mind, and soul interconnected? How might our soul help or hinder our hands? As a potter, Ryan Pederson had been perfecting his work for decades, beginning with an initial curiosity in high school and then as a professional artisan. Never satisfied with simply repeating his prior success or making the next marketable piece, he voraciously learned and honed his craft. But then he met a challenge he couldn't overcome. Even though he sensed there was still untapped potential in both his talent and technique, his work was falling apart. His failures led him on a much deeper journey, one that led him back to painful memories that lay dormant. Along the way he discovered a newfound alignment between the work of his hands and that of his heart.
- Sometimes we find ourselves in places we don't want to be, places that are barren, lonely, and disorienting. These are often called wilderness seasons. These deserts and wild places often feel as if they have no end, and we wonder if we're bound to wander there forever. God's people have frequently found themselves in the midst of both literal and figurative wildernesses, and God has used them to shape and teach and remind in powerful ways. This prayer, a conversation between a wanderer and God, asks whether the wilderness might hold a promise for each of us, the promise that when everything else is stripped away, what's most important remains.
- Few things are as satisfying as a slice of freshly baked bread still warm from the oven. But long before a loaf becomes something ready to share, bread must undergo a series of steps and transformations that turn it from simple raw ingredients into something delicious. The process of baking bread is a lot like our lives, full of periods of disorientation, waiting, and enduring. Some of those seasons may make us wonder if there's any purpose to the process. Along the way, can we trust that something good is being made out of us?
- Taming a horse has long been marked by sheer will, stubborn determination, and force; the process is human against horse until the animal is brought under submission. It's been called "breaking" a horse because it usually meant that a horse's will needed to be broken, and conventional wisdom argued that it was the only way a horse could be put to use and given a purpose. But a new kind of training has emerged in the last 30 years or so. The goal is the same, to give direction and point a horse toward a purpose it can't even begin to imagine, but the methods are entirely different, taking into account the fact that the animal is a living, thinking, and feeling being. The point isn't to subdue or force the horse toward a use it might never comprehend or enjoy, it's to lead them to understand what they're capable of and even love it. For all of us who lead teams, churches, or even our own children, the principles of modern horse training have lessons to teach about leading with curiosity, empathy, and a vision toward pointing the ones we love toward a greater purpose. After all, when we humble ourselves to become like those we lead, we follow in the footsteps of the one who leads us all.
- After a trip to California, Sherita was-for the first time in her life-inspired to become a plant person. Or as she likes to say, a plant momma. But after arranging her new treasures in various rooms in her home, she saw that one of them was showing signs of distress. That's when she learned about the effects of insufficient light. Her plant was getting some light, but it wasn't really enough. Her plant was reaching, practically begging, to be completely bathed in light.