Creating space to experience the grace of Jesus Christ in your place of need
Grace and Our Problem with Love
Grace in the Christian faith is not just an idea, not just a concept that affirms us and makes us feel better about ourselves.
Magnify
The gift of being under the magnifying glass
Magnifying Pain: The Wounded
The thought of being supremely happy so that I magnify God my Savior hits me wrongly for two reasons.
Magnifying Doubt: The Skeptic
It’s only when we acknowledge our hurts and our fear of trust, our skepticism that love is real or possible, that we will be at all close to hearing and experiencing something new.
Life-long Grace (Part I)
Jesus made us able to stand before God—in the face of the Golden Rule—and said, these are the ones you gave to me; they stand in my forgiveness, my holiness, my peace (John 6:39).
Life-long Grace (Part II)
The way you meet Jesus for the first time is also the way he deepens your relationship with him. He came to you, after all.
Life-long Grace (Part III)
Jesus’ love for us is a bold, shameless, humble love that finds us in our worst spot and claims us as his own. When we are loved like that, we can’t help but love back.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
— John 12:24
Visual Art
When visual art connects to us, it puts pictures to the words we cannot find. It slips past our defenses and awakens us. It might awaken grief, anger, admiration, compassion, or anything else deep in our soul. It reminds us that we are more than our to-do list, more than our rational, logical endeavors. We long to feel alive. Our creativity tells on us.
I hope my creative journey (so far) in paint, charcoal, graphite, sharpie connects to you.
Music
Music has an amazing ability to penetrate past our rational defenses and cut straight to our needy and hurting places. It can agitate, open up, and soothe what is stuffed down and closed off. It is a powerful form of language that allows us to express what at times seems inexpressible, a release valve for our souls.
These are some of the songs that give voice to pieces of my journey. Perhaps they will connect to yours and hopefully open up the door for deeper understanding and grace for yourself and others. At the very least, I hope they sound good to you ;)
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