Posts with the tag “summer-at-cityrise”

Conflict is not optional. It’s not a matter of if, but when....  Read More

We all want to be great. Whether we admit it or not, something in us longs for significance. We want our lives to matter, to leave a mark, to be remembered. And when we look around at how greatness is...  Read More

Suffering is a universal experience. Every person knows what it means to feel pain, loss, or disappointment. Yet, as followers of Jesus, we are called to approach our suffering from a different perspe...  Read More

Wouldn’t it be nice if physical pain was our only suffering that we endured? Unfortunately, it’s the pain of the heart and mind that often does the deepest damage on our lives. We carry emotional wou...  Read More

That’s where we live, right in the middle of a field where good and evil grow side by side. But here’s the key message: even when weeds grow around you, keep being the wheat. You don’t have to fix al...  Read More

Jesus tells us a story in Matthew 13 about a field where wheat was planted—but an enemy came while everyone was sleeping and sowed weeds in the same soil. And just like bamboo, the enemy’s work often ...  Read More

When Jesus taught the parable of the sower, He wasn’t just offering an agricultural metaphor. He was describing the reality of our spiritual growth. Every one of us is cultivating some kind of soil in...  Read More

Proximity matters. Those two words carry a weight that touches every aspect of fatherhood. In Matthew 3:17, we hear the voice of the Father speaking over Jesus: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I a...  Read More

Over and over again, the Scripture contrasts a tongue for righteous living and a tongue that is wicked....  Read More

Phil Jackson, legendary coach of the 1990s Chicago Bulls, once said, “Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.” That is not just true for b...  Read More

Did you know that statistics tell us that if a child doesn’t come to faith by their 13th birthday, they most likely never will come to faith in Christ?...  Read More

Jesus’ words in Matthew 9:37-38 are simple yet powerful: “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest...  Read More