by The Practice Church | Mar 16, 2015 | Reflections, Sunday Reflections
One can almost taste the spring that’s in the air these days. Days are longer. Jackets are being left at home. Snow is melting away. Spring is a glorious invitation to breathe in a new world, uncovered afresh after long months of being suffocated by blankets of cold...
by The Practice Church | Mar 9, 2015 | Sunday Reflections
When I arrived at the Practice last night, my hands smelled like Pine Sol because I had been cleaning the floors much of the afternoon, trying to get rid of the stains from the salt we’d tracked into the house all winter. The day was bright and the switch to daylight...
by The Practice Church | Feb 16, 2015 | Forgiveness, Reflections, Sunday Reflections, The Lord's Prayer
Last night was such a deep and profound time for our Practice Family. A week ago we immersed ourselves in what it means to experience and receive God’s forgiveness and last night we took on the difficult task of exploring what it means to become forgivers. Dre...
by The Practice Church | Feb 9, 2015 | Reflections, Sunday Reflections
Last night held so many different layers of experience for me. Beginning with Job’s heavy, hopeless words seemed like an ominous start, and yet, as we cried out to God, the one who heals the brokenhearted, something began to shift and rise. Having Psalm 34 read over...
by The Practice Church | Jan 19, 2015 | Sunday Reflections
The kingdom of God. Basketball. These are not typically consecutive thoughts in my mind. Yet today I can’t help but see them as tied together. Steve Carter’s teaching last night about having eyes to notice the presence and the absence of the kingdom of God planted...
by The Practice Church | Jan 12, 2015 | Sunday Reflections
I woke up this morning with a sense of deep contentment after our time together last night. A phrase kept coming to mind, “speak to one another with psalms and hymns.” I thought I remembered this might be from the Scriptures and so, like I do with just about...
