Resilient Winter 2021 Resilience. The human capacity to get up again and again after falling down; the ability to recover quickly from many difficulties. A new year typically sparks excitement for new opportunities, plans, dreams, and goals. And yet, at the beginning of this new year we still find ourselves in the middle of a
Go Tell It on the Mountain Advent 2020 We have committed ourselves to this family at Revolution Church and to walk the path of discipleship together through our prayers, presence, gifts, and service. We know that we need each other to live this life within a faith community. But what’s next? What if God desires,
Better Together November 2020 What does it mean to be a part of a church community? Why do we commit ourselves to one place instead of any other church down the road? As Christians, we believe that we are a part of the great family of God, brothers and sisters in Christ, which crosses all
The Good Life October 2020 When you think of living the good life, what do you imagine? Being happy, wealthy, or without a care in the world? Or maybe taking exotic vacations? Our world has a lot to say about what it means to live a good life, and it is not afraid to give
3 Simple Rules September 2020 Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul. And the second greatest is like it; love your neighbor as yourself. Love God and love your neighbor. That is our call as followers of Jesus Christ. That is our task.
Life is weird, and unexpected, and hard, and beautiful. But God never stops planting seeds of hope, even in the midst of strange and difficult times. For such is the upside-down, backward Kingdom of God; showing up in places that we don’t expect or often look. Where are you finding God in the middle of
Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Mary, Jesus, Peter, Paul… we know their stories and tell how they inform our belief in God and Jesus Christ today. But what about the other, lesser known characters and stories? Like the ones listed in Hebrews as a part of the great cloud of witnesses; are they not
As some begin to reemerge from the quarantine of COVID-19, our world feels more divided than ever. The words of Paul to the Christians in Ephesus still ring loud and true; we as believers should be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace among us. But how do we
Christ is Risen! He is alive! The tomb is empty! I am free! Now what? What happens next? We experience the resurrection of Jesus Christ and know he has broken the power of sin and death, yet these things still remain. That is because the work of the resurrection continues. The work of reconciliation and
According to its author, the gospel of John was written “so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31). Over and over again in this gospel Jesus refers to himself as “I am,” connecting himself