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Dispatch No. 28: The One Spiritual U‑Turn We Need But Avoid Making
We don’t talk about repentance much anymore. Not because we’ve rejected it, but because somewhere along the way we quietly ghosted it. We cling to grace rightly but rarely practice the very thing that keeps grace from becoming abstract: the simple, honest, Spirit‑led turning of the heart back to God. And yet, for many of… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 22: Christmas Unwrapped – The Final Unwrapping
Have you ever opened a gift only to find another box inside? The gospel story works like that. After the manger and the ministry, there’s one more wrapping: the linen of burial. For a moment, it feels as though the gift is gone, sealed in darkness. But Easter morning changes everything. The grave cloths are… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 21: Christmas Unwrapped – Unboxing The Kingdom
We love the moment when the box is opened and the gift inside is revealed. If Christmas is the wrapping, then Jesus’s life is the unboxing. The manger introduces the Gift; the ministry unveils its meaning. From Bethlehem’s swaddling clothes to Galilee’s dusty roads, the Kingdom of God is slowly, beautifully unwrapped not in a… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 2o: Unwrapping Christmas – The Swaddled Savior
Think about the moment before a gift is opened. The paper still intact, the ribbon tied just right. There’s a thrill in the mystery, a joy in the waiting. Christmas morning hums with that anticipation. We hear it in the rustle of wrapping gifts, the careful folding and taping, the delighted tear and excited reveal.… Continue reading
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Dispatch No. 17: Mission Killers – Pride, The Quiet Saboteur of the Envoy
The Envoy exists to steady the hands and strengthen the knees of Christ’s ambassadors, ordinary men and women who carry a royal dispatch into ordinary places. In this series, “Mission Killers,” we’re naming the enemies within—the habits of heart that quietly lodge in us and slowly make us unfit for the mission we’ve been sent… Continue reading