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As we continue our journey through the story of Scripture, we arrive at a powerful moment where God’s promise to be with His people becomes visible and real. After leading Israel out of slavery and through the wilderness, God does not remain distant but comes to dwell right in the center of the camp, filling the tabernacle with His glory. Along the way, we see that God’s presence is both holy and gracious—so awe-filled that even Moses cannot enter, yet close enough to guide the people day by day. This part of the journey reminds us that God does not simply save us and send us on our way; He chooses to go with us. As the cloud moves and rests, Israel learns to walk at God’s pace, trusting His presence to lead them forward. We come to the Lord’s Table remembering that the same God who once filled the tabernacle still comes down to dwell among us today.  Read More

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Confession from your pastor: Leviticus is where many good Bible reading plans go to die. So if you’re reading along with us and you’re about to turn the page from Exodus into Leviticus, you might feel the shift immediately. The story slows down. The details repeat. The rituals feel strange and far removed from our lives. Here’s the encouragement: don’t quit here. This part matters. Leviticus is less about what happens next and more about who God is. It shows us a holy God who is determined to live among His people—and who makes a way for forgiveness, healing, and restored relationship. Beneath all the sacrifices and instructions is a deep longing: How can broken people live in the presence of a holy God? That question carries the story forward… all the way to Jesus. So if you find yourself tempted to skip this book or stop reading altogether, stay with it. Read wisely. Look for the big picture. Ask good questions. Trust that even the unfamiliar parts are shaping the larger story God is telling. And if you’re not reading with us yet, this is a perfect moment to jump in. You don’t have to “catch up”—just start where we are and walk the story with us. Stay rooted. The story is still unfolding.   Read More

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Where Are We Putting Our Roots? One of the greatest dangers facing the church today isn’t disagreement or cultural change—it’s the quiet loss of hope. When the church loses hope, it doesn’t always look like despair. More often, it looks like anxiety. It sounds like urgency. It feels like fear dressed up as faithfulness. And when that happens, we can find ourselves reaching for substitutes that promise security, control, or influence. I’ve been sitting with a phrase for a while now: displaced hope. I don’t mean it as an accusation. It’s a pastoral observation—one I’ve made in the church I love, and one I’ve had to make about myself too. To be clear, I don’t think this is a new problem, and I don’t think it’s one the church has to guess its way through. Scripture has long given us language and images for moments like this—especially moments when fear begins to shape what we trust. When we turn to the Bible, we find that it often speaks about faith not in abstract terms, but through images meant to slow us down and help us see ourselves more clearly. Scripture often speaks about faith in terms of roots. Through the prophet Jeremiah, God says that those who trust in the Lord are “like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream” (Jeremiah 17:7–8). It’s a simple image—but a searching one. What we put our roots into determines how we respond when the heat comes. When the world feels uncertain—when things feel louder, more divided, or less familiar than they once did—our roots are tested. And sometimes, without realizing it, our trust begins to drift toward whatever feels most solid in the moment...   Read More

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