Every invitation from Christ is an invitation into life—not a smaller, safer life, but the kind that stretches us, awakens us, and draws us into something far greater than we could build on our own. When Jesus says, “Come, follow me,” He isn’t offering a suggestion. He’s offering a way of being that transports us into the fullness of who we were created to become.
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Psalm 93 invites us to stand before a God whose majesty is not distant, but deeply personal. “The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.” His strength steadies the world, His voice rises above the roar of the waters, and His presence remains firm from all eternity. Yet this same God desires to dwell within the fragile, shifting places of our own hearts.
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Faith is not a theory we hold in our minds,
nor a word we speak with our lips.
It is the way we walk,
the way we love,
the way we suffer and forgive.
Some people walk into a room and nothing flashy happens—no grand speeches, no dramatic gestures—yet something shifts. The air feels lighter. Hearts feel steadier. Hope feels possible again. That is extraordinary presence, and it is one of the quiet miracles of a life rooted in Christ.
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This week, the Church enters a sacred rhythm shared across the world: the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It’s a tradition with deep roots, stretching back nearly two centuries and one that has been strengthened by the encouragement of popes, theologians, and ordinary believers who long for the unity Christ prayed for at the Last Supper.
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Today we honor Martin Luther King Jr., a man whose words still call us toward courage, compassion, and moral clarity. He reminded us that darkness and hatred can never heal the world—“only light” and “only love” can do that. His insistence on nonviolence wasn’t passive; it was a fierce commitment to transforming injustice without becoming what we resist. We dream the same dream he had if we are honest with ourselves…to be judged by our character.
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John the Baptist’s life begins with a powerful truth: he is formed by God “as his servant from the womb.” His identity is not something he stumbles into; it is woven into him from the beginning. His entire being is oriented toward one mission—pointing to Christ.
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Do you ever have a word jump out at you in various places and contexts? Lately, I keep noticing the word adore. It keeps surfacing. Like in the beautiful image above of Mary holding her Son, in the quiet act of adoring Jesus in prayer. Or in an article I recently read about the neurobiology of “glimmer” and gratitude. It feels like the Spirit is drawing a circle around this word, this action: when we adore, we don’t just observe; we receive and release. We make meaning. We transcend what is immediately before us.
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There is a quiet promise woven through Scripture: “You shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall indeed find him when you search after him with your whole heart and your whole soul.” That line from Deuteronomy has always struck me as both a command and a consolation. God does not hide. God invites. And faith, true, living faith, leans forward in response.
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Most of us carry an inner sense of what God’s voice sounds like. We may not think about it consciously, but we imagine a certain tone—gentle or stern, patient or disappointed. Often, without realizing it, we link God’s voice to our behavior. If we’ve done well, we imagine encouragement. If we’ve fallen short, we brace for correction. It’s as if God waits to speak until after we’ve acted, responding to our successes or failures.
But that’s not how God relates to us.
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Smitten With Goodness 