Life Roots — a discussion around depth, life, and the growing pains therein.

You become who your friends are, this Middle School adage rings true far beyond the awkward halls of adolescence.

In an ever-changing world, God doesn’t. Just how He spoke then, He just might speak like that to you.

There’s something to specificity that adds depth to the practice of gratitude.

In uncertain and frantic seasons, what do you depend on? The Psalmist charges us to return to hope.

What have you been believing for? Here’s a practice to help bring pointed prayer into your daily life.

It’s the knowing and remembering the story we’re in that informs how we ought to participate and spend our time — the macro sparks the micro.

Do you know what you’re waiting for? We’re called to live in remembrance and expectation that our King is coming back soon.

The things God has blessed us with ought to function as a catalyst to deeper faith and yet one more reason to serve those around us.

What if you received exactly as you have been believing, would anything even show up? A call to increase in our faith.

Don't murder, lie, cheat, or steal and watch the words you say. It's clear Biblically that our words are a key piece to our unity.

There's real value in our mistakes and shortcomings. God's able to take these and make us stronger for it.

When you know what you're looking for, suddenly you begin finding it everywhere - wisdom is like this.

What streams do you find yourself planted by today? Where we go for truth and guidance matters.

Talking with God is more like talking to your best friend than it is talking to the sky. How would things changed if you believed that?

Are you trying to become more like a better version or less like a worse version - see, fighting focused on the positive sets us up for greater success.

Do you recognize your need for God? It's not that our need for Him is any greater today than it was yesterday, rather it's our awareness of our need that ought to be growing.

It's my Rubik's cube that serves as a reminder that we were made with the capacity to learn, to grow, and to create – what is it for you?

There are eight words in Psalm 46 that have the power to change our entire paradigm - "be still and know that I am Lord."

What word do you think comes to mind when God thinks about you?

God uses His provision as a means to pursue our hearts.

How we relate to God is influenced by culture and experience, it’s imperative to remember His “other-ness” — His ways are higher than ours.

The sooner we see it’s us that orbit around God, not the other way around, the sooner we’ll experience true freedom and peace.

Celebrations like Independence Days function as a small glimpse into where the Story is heading and the promise of one new people gathering together in worship to the King.

Life can be unfair and full of trials, but there’s a purpose to these times that far outweighs the discomfort — they’re essential in growing our roots.

God loves with an agape love. It’s higher, greater, and deeper than the love we’re capable of apart from Him.

Fighting anxiety is less about “letting go” and more about shifting our gaze from our concerns to One who is greater.

It’s the truest, most beautiful things about us and God that come under the greatest attack.

It’s not new practices or fancy words needed to access the deeper portions of our being, it’s often simply slowing down to the unhurried place.

Having a certain, sturdy foundation pays dividends when facing the inevitable uncertainties of life.

God is able to use even our bad decisions and falling away as new opportunities to reveal to us His redeeming power. Upon return, we find a bolstered faith.