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Follow Pastor Mike and the other Time of Grace blog writers as they cover a wide variety of topics. Though each writer’s unique style and perspective give each post a different flavor, all of their writing will help you reflect more deeply on the grace of God in your life and how you can live your life to serve him.
Jesus roots for the underdog
“I just submitted the losing bracket.” That’s how I let my family know my picks were in for the NCAA basketball tournament. I’m pretty…
Sometimes your only job is to show up
A dear couple from our congregation had invited me to attend and witness the adoption of their two precious boys. They had been working…
Is Christianity all talk, or can you trust it?
I’m sitting in the class of one of my favorite professors. He’s tall with a voice that matches his size. For weeks, I’ve been…
There are no dumb questions
Nine years ago, we started a business we knew nothing about. The knowledge gap was huge. So we found the people with the knowledge,…
God knows the way
In warm months, after we’ve eaten supper and my husband is doing the dishes, I like to take my younger two kids on a…
Making sense of Revelation
You might be surprised to hear that Pastor Mike is preaching a sermon series on the book of Revelation. Maybe you’ve heard that Revelation…
Who are you wearing to heaven?
The Met Gala is one of the largest gatherings of celebrities, designers, and influencers in the world. Held annually at the Metropolitan Museum of…
Red for redemption
I admit it: I don’t always love reading through the Bible’s Old Testament. Some books are just so … Leviticusy (read: full of boils…
Your best body is yet to come
I’ll be turning 42 this year and am starting to feel it. The other night I was hanging out with a crowd about half…
All Scripture is … useful, really?
“All Scripture is … useful” (2 Timothy 3:16). That’s an audacious claim. Many individual Bible passages are encouraging and inspiring and seem very useful….
Rizzin indeed!
Not too long ago, one of my employees paid me a lovely compliment . . . I think. She told me I had “W…
Terms and conditions no longer apply
A while back I bought airplane tickets to speak at an event later this spring. I would fly in one day, speak that evening…