April 8, 2020
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: hope, doubt, questions, covid-19, coronavirus, lament, isolation
With so many questions going around, many unanswered, Rachael encourages us to rediscover lament -- the biblical practice of bringing your pain to the Lord so that you can rest in the fact that He is there with you....
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December 12, 2019
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: ordinary, students, Christmas, love
Rather than demanding political power, Jesus came to live among us and make a way for us to be right with God. Christmas, and my newfound position in the classroom, reminds me that while love isn’t always flashy, it is transformative....
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May 31, 2019
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: fear, pray, Prayer, afraid, intercession
Why do we sometimes know that we should pray, but just can't seem to find the words? Rachael shares with us how God has helped her look into why sometimes she is afraid to pray (and what overcomes the fear!)....
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October 9, 2018
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: law, rest, rules, sabbath, weary, tired
Bringing the Sabbath into the contemporary mind through Jesus. Plus a link to some guidance on utilizing Sabbath principles as a spiritual discipline....
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July 25, 2018
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: God, Bible, creation, Prayer, creator, nature, meditation
If the psalmist insists that creation makes known God’s love, perhaps we would do well to slow down and think through how meditating on nature can orient our hearts in praise to Him....
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May 23, 2018
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: pain, healing, doubt, failure
A personal response to Sunday's message on Matthew 9:1-8, reflecting on what it means when Jesus forgives, but doesn't heal the one problem that is causing you so much pain....
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May 15, 2018
by Rachael Heinsen
| Tags: work, busy, idolatry
Could our desire to have full schedules, even ones packed with tasks we think bring God glory, actually be a cultural norm Jesus wants us to question? ...
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