Posts with the category “always-give-thanks”

Reflect on All Saints Sunday and 1 Thessalonians 2:9–13. Discover how faith, encouragement, and everyday acts of kindness create a lasting legacy.  Read More

This week at home, we got talking about artists. An artist can make what’s popular, the thing everybody will love and follow and buy (hello, TikTok). Or an artist can make what they actually believe in, the thing that speaks to them and that they want to say to the world.Which would you choose?I’ve been chewing on that question because of what Paul says in First Thessalonians, and because of the t...  Read More

You are chosen. You are loved. Your life matters.Chosen? Loved? Even when I’m tired, slowing down, and not doing nearly as much as I used to?That’s the news Paul opens with in his letter to the church in Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10). He calls them beloved, chosen by God. And notice what comes first. Before he says a word about their hard work, their faith, or the example they’ve set, he t...  Read More