Love When It Hurts: A Written Reflection on Mercy Mercy is one of the clearest ways divine love becomes visible in everyday life. In Matthew 9:13, Jesus tells the religious leaders, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice,” echoing Hosea 6:6 and making plain that compassion matters more to God than outward religious performance. What mercy is Mercy is not denial, weakness, or pretending that nothing happened. In biblical terms, mercy includes compassion, steadfast love, and the withho

Everything Comes Home in Christ Christ as the beginning, meaning, and home of all things, and the cross as the place where God makes peace by entering the world’s fracture from within. “Christ is present not only at the beginning of all things, and at the place where they find their true purpose, unity, and final meaning, but also here in this very moment, holding us—and all of Creation—together.” Law Ten The law of homecoming Colossians 1:20 says that through Christ God was

May 24, 2026 John 15:13"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." Tomorrow is Memorial Day. It is a day to remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to this nation. It holds two moods at once. For many people it is the beginning of summer — family gatherings, cookouts, a welcome day off. But beneath all of that, Memorial Day asks something deeper of us. It asks us to stop. To remember. To give thanks. And remembering ma

The Way Up Is Down Law Nine of Theodynamics: The Law of One‑Sided Self‑Emptying Love May 17, 2026 Scripture Focus Romans 12:1–2“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, an

Mothering in an Age of Survival 5/10/2026 Proverbs 31:25–28 “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her.” Today is Mother’s Day — a day to celebrate and honor our earthly mothers for bringing us into this world,

The Law of Covenant Fidelity (Theodynamics Series) The God Who Sticks With Us 5/2/2026 Key Texts: Lamentations 3:22–23; Exodus 34:6–7; Hosea 1–3; Romans 11:28–29; Luke 15:11–32. “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”– Lamentations 3:22–23 Law Eight in One Sentence God freely binds himself to us in a sacred promise‑relationship and, with stubborn but non‑coercive love, keeps pursu

Western Heritage Sunday – April 26, 2026 Today we’re celebrating Western Heritage weekend. We remember wide skies, dusty boots, worn saddles, and people who live close to the land and close to the weather. Life in that world demands strength and grit, but it also demands something quieter: willingness. You can have the strongest horse in the county, but if it isn’t willing, you’re not going very far. And you can have a little, unimpressive horse – but if it has a willing hear

The Law of Triune Love or Being-As-Communion God Is a Loving Community April 19, 2026 John 17:21 “… that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me .” Big Idea God is not a lonely ruler; God is a loving community—Father, Son, and Spirit—and he invites us into that love. Or in short: God is communion, not isolation. A Different Picture of God If you asked many people to pictu