Welcome back to Rooted in the Reformation! Every Sunday this month, I’ve been walking through a piece of the Reformation story, and today we’ve arrived at Reformation Sunday, just days before Reformation Day on October 31. If you’re joining us now, you can catch up on week one, week two, and week three. We’ve coveredContinue reading “Five Little Words That Still Matter”
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Beyond Wittenberg: Four Voices You Should Know
Welcome back to Rooted in the Reformation! Every Sunday this month, I’m walking through a piece of the Reformation story as we head toward Reformation Day on October 31. Over the past two weeks, we looked at the world before Luther and then at the monk himself, and if you missed either one, you canContinue reading “Beyond Wittenberg: Four Voices You Should Know”
Comfort Can’t Be the Whole Meal
Why Your Identity in Christ Begins with Repentance Seven words on a Facebook post Recently I was scrolling Facebook and came across a post from a local women’s ministry page. It listed seven words: Chosen. Loved. Seen. Free. Beloved. Cherished. Valued. It encouraged women to hold onto whichever one they needed, write it down, andContinue reading “Comfort Can’t Be the Whole Meal”
I Used to Lead This Way: What I Missed About Biblical Women’s Ministry
A confession from a former women’s ministry leader For a few years, I led women’s ministry at a church I dearly loved. I planned the events, booked the speakers, chose the worship, and sometimes stood up front myself. If I’m honest, my goals sounded something like this: make it inviting, make the worship sound good,Continue reading “I Used to Lead This Way: What I Missed About Biblical Women’s Ministry”
The Monk, the Theses, and the Door (Maybe)
Welcome back to Rooted in the Reformation! Every Sunday this month, I’m walking through a piece of the Reformation story as we head toward Reformation Day on October 31. If you missed last Sunday, we looked at what the church and the world looked like before Luther, and you can catch up here. Today, weContinue reading “The Monk, the Theses, and the Door (Maybe)”