What do I do when I feel like my life or my job don't really matter?

Faith in crisis is easy to muster, but what about faith in the mundane mediocrity of everyday life.

"Tolerance" is one of the buzzwords of our age, perhaps even the zeitgeist...but I believe we must reject it if we want to see a change in our world for the better.

If you want to get closer to Jesus, stand with the poor, the sick and the oppressed.

How can love for my country and faith in God find healthy balance?

When we keep screwing up, despite sincere effort not to, how should we view these instances? Am I failing at living a life of faith?

Jesus tells me to make disciples.

I can't make disciples without relationships.

So reconciliation is literally part of job #1 for every follower of Jesus.

Trusting God is hard. Will it ever get any easier? 

A podcast about what prayer is and why we do it...

Church is like a garden, and the best churches are willing to get a little dirty.

I want to be more like Jesus, and that includes learning how to be a leader like Jesus was. So how can I work on making that a reality?

What are the things that come with God's presence? The Ark of the Covenant tells us!

Trying to hold onto hope when it seems like God has forgotten you feels not only impossible, but foolish. Hope feels like an instrument of torture rather than a pillar within the life of a person of faith.

Yet the question I have asked myself and God repeatedly during this season is this: I believe in Jesus, why am I such a mess?

It's easy enough to die for the good and beautiful, but to die for the miserable and corrupt, that's difficult; and that's what Jesus did.

You know what I want from God when everything is going wrong? Hugs. Explanations. Lightning bolts directed at certain people (just being honest).

You know what I don't want? A rod. Or a staff. 

Yet in Psalm 23 that's how David said God gave him comfort when he was dealing with difficult situations.

So, how can that help me when I deal with life's challenges?

I've been treated unjustly more than once in my life. I'm willing to bet you have as well.

In the midst of situations like that, don't you absolutely want God to take up your case? To make everything turn out right for you, and also, if it's not too much trouble God, to teach that jerk a lesson?

I think David has some insight to share for us that will help us lead spiritually healthier lives in the midst of these challenges...

A faith that can't handle what happens in our world seems pretty useless to me...