Why Lent Is About Freedom, Not Restriction: What Real Love Requires
February 16, 2026 | Jeff Coleman
In my past, the season of Lent often arrived with a quiet sense of dread. What will I give up this year? What will I deny myself? What comfort will be taken away? Initially, I used to think of Lent primarily as a season of restraint. It was...
Ash Wednesday: Adventures in Missing the Point
February 15, 2026 | Cortney Whiting & Jeff Coleman
7 minute read time My freshman year of college (Cortney), one of my roommates came back to the dorm one evening with a smudge on her forehead. Knowing how meticulous she was about her looks, I warned her, “You have something smeared on...
Trusting God Before You See the Outcome
February 9, 2026 | Jeff Coleman
We live in a world that runs on proof. We need receipts. We leave (and read) reviews. We have a gazillion different type of metrics to measure and quantify effectiveness. We want and desperately search for guarantees and certainty. We Live...
The Power of Belonging: Why Community Changes Everything
January 16, 2026 | Lyn Cantrell
We were never meant to do life alone. From the very beginning, God designed us for connection—with Him and with one another. Yet in a world that is increasingly busy, digital, and fragmented, many people quietly carry loneliness, stress...
What If You Were Made For More Than Just Getting By?
January 2, 2026 | Jeff Coleman
There was a season in my life when everything looked fine on the outside but felt strangely thin on the inside. Sound familiar? There’s a great line in J.R.R. Tolkien’s, Fellowship of the Ring, where the character, Bilbo Baggins...