"God hears their complaint as if it were a prayer... Rather than evaluating their complaint--both for content and tone, judging whether they were right or not in what they said and how they said it--God instead listens with empathy, hearing their grumbling in terms of feelings and needs."Af Parkside Church of Christ

"Easter’s a day for those who’ve gone through it."Af Parkside Church of Christ

Join Wayne and Dan for a conversation about Jesus' authority in this week's midweek reflection. As they discovered as they talked, Jesus' authority presents a transformative challenge, but also a liberating hope!Af Parkside Church of Christ

“The reason Jesus came to earth was love, broken-hearted-but-refusing-to-give-up-love… The standing together, sticking out in the midst of the storm, kind of love. The til-death-do-us-part kind of love. The til-resurrection-finally-brings-us-back-together kind of love… It’s the story of Jesus being faithful even when we weren’t, Jesus being faithfu…

In our first mid-week reflection in our Journey to Easter, Dan invites us to ask ourselves, "Why am I here? What do I seek? Is it following Jesus on my terms, seeing what I can get out of it? Or have I come on this journey seeking God?"Af Parkside Church of Christ

"Our hope in all this is that, as we walk this road together—following Jesus alongside each other on the journey to Easter—we’ll find ourselves in this crowd…. And as we walk forward together with Jesus in the weeks ahead, there’s an invitation for each of us… For each of us—and for all of us together—it’s an invitation to be formed, reformed, and …

"Faithfulness is carrying a tambourine into the desert, holding tight to God’s future in the midst our present. But beyond that, this tambourine also strikes me as a profoundly prophetic symbol, as an instrument that prophesies just by showing up in this scene. Nothing says, 'Things aren’t the way they’re supposed to be, but God is at work making a…

Cassie Summers-Corp: In the thin spaces of life as birthworkers, Shiprah and Puah saw a tiny picture of hope in the midst of their despair, in the midst oppression, in the midst of hopelessness and pain and murder and tragedy and very little cause for happiness or hope. Every day they saw a tiny picture of the way that God intended it to be.…