colossians project

being vs. doing: how to find balance.

You know the voices. I’m doing too much. I need space, air, rest. I’m not doing enough. I need motivation, discipline, strategy. We’re flung in circles by this mental merry-go-round until we’re dizzy with life — drunk on contradiction and …

the place where discipleship begins.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him. Colossians 2:6 Walk in Him. Not with Him. In Him. Not running alongside, panting to keep up — or surging out in front, dragging Him along to our …

how to move forward without fear.

The Apostle Paul continues his encouragement to the church at Colossae with the impossible language of chapter two, verse seven: …so walk in Him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith… So, Paul says, move ahead, …

when your spiritual life feels empty.

Walk in Him…just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7 Our spiritual life feels empty, dry. We are weary and worried. We wonder if we’ve missed God’s way for us. We wonder if there’s something more. So we …

when you don’t feel God.

When asked to to reveal the most important thing — the one path to live by, Jesus recited from the first part of the Shema, the ancient prayer of the Judeo-Christian faith, from Deuteronomy 6: “And you shall love the Lord …
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