Posts with the tag “compassion”

For some of you yesterday was genuinely good. For some of you it was hard in ways you did not fully advertise. The empty chair. The complicated relationship a Hallmark holiday does not fix. The grief that does not take Sundays off just because everyone around you is celebrating. All of that is allowed. God heals the brokenhearted. Not the ones who performed gratitude correctly. The brokenhearted. He is already close.  Read More

Want to go deeper? This blog expands on the message preached on April 19 at GracePointe. Watch the full message at https://gpnaz.church/media. I want to ask you a question I didn't have time to ask Sunday.Who in your life is currently walking away from Jerusalem?Because that is what the road to Emmaus actually is. It's not a scenic route. It's a retreat. Two people who had given everything to a ho...  Read More