If caregivers mapped out a decision tree for our daily lives it would look like a forest Each day we're faced with numerous choices and most seem filled with unpleasant outcomes Sometimes the decisions before us have a paralyzing effect and we don't know what to do next In those moments we serve ourselves well to choose the next right thing as our action step The big problems become more approachable when our heads and hearts calm down For that to happen our decisions require reduction Unlike the giant single unpleasant task of eating the elephant one bite at a [... more]

As we continue our In Step series through the Gospel of Luke Pastor Raudel calls us to stand in awe before God's perfect otherworldly mind-blowing holiness If we saw God for who he truly was in all his holiness we would either die of fear or die of pleasure Thankfully in Christ we can meet the gaze of this holy God not in condemnation but in overwhelming compassion [... more]