by Steve Hedrick | Apr 23, 2024 | Presence Weekly
We are in search of comfort and, even as Christians, constantly forgetting where to find it. Further, our pursuit of comfort is often based on the things that we can control or acquire. Both present problems.The Devo – The Mission of Comfort11 Therefore, knowing...
by Steve Hedrick | Apr 15, 2024 | Presence Weekly
God calls us to do exactly what the people had to do upon returning from the exile, to take a moment, stand on the vista, and then walk among the ruins and see what needed restoration. We cannot walk around our lives or our city with our eyes closed to thCourtesy:...
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 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...
