by Steve Hedrick | Apr 8, 2024 | Presence Weekly
Misreading this verse as a word to individuals sets us up for asking, “What about when MY life is a disaster?” Deportation of the Jews to the Babylonian captivity, Eduard Bendemann (1811 – 1889) in the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, GermanyThe DEVO – The...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 1, 2024 | Presence Weekly
To rephrase Milton Friedman, “The social responsibility of a Christian is to seek the welfare of the city.”Easter Lily in bloom.[The DEVO] The “Bloom Where You Are Planted” MissionJeremiah 29:1–14 (ESV): 29 These are the words of the letter...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 25, 2024 | Presence Weekly
In living the only life ever lived where saying I am sorry was unnecessary, Jesus took all of our “I am sorry”s, and even the ones we should have said but didn’t, and declared, “You are forgiven!”‘Photo credit: Pedro SalaThe DEVO: The Mission of Repentance11 “What to...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 20, 2024 | Podcast
Michael interviews Dr. Justin Bailey on his recent book and the importance of wedding ideological and cultural formation to emotional formation. Together they discuss aspects of Dutch-culture in NW Iowa and Chicago, the relationship of mental health to ideological...
by Steve Hedrick | Mar 18, 2024 | Presence Weekly
Moses Shown the Promised Land, Benjamin West (1738–1820)The DEVO – The Mission of Whole-life DiscipleshipThe Greatest Commandment6 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do...
