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It’s easier for me to relate to some people in Mark 1 than others. The fishermen? Yeah, I love fishing! Simon’s mother-in-law being sick and then healed? Yep, I can relate. But the leper? The paralyzed man in Mark 2? Those two are harder to connect with.I haven’t faced major illness or long-term physical struggle. Read more
My alma mater’s mission statement says: Wartburg College challenges and nurtures students for lives of leadership and service as a spirited expression of their faith and learning.Lately, I’ve found myself reframing that in a more personal way: God challenges and nurtures me for a life of leadership and service as a lived-out expression of my… Read more
I recently got a text the night before worship asking if I could step in and run lights—something I hadn’t been trained on and honestly didn’t feel ready for.I hesitated. I knew I’d probably mess something up. I prayed on it … and then I said yes.Turns out, someone else had already stepped in! I… Read more
Recently, before a class at Hope, someone caught me off guard by saying, “You work at Hope … and you’re still getting more church? You give the church enough time yet?”I get why they asked. But the honest answer? It’s not more church I need. It’s more Jesus.The past few years, I’ve sidelined Jesus more… Read more
