by Steve Hedrick | Apr 29, 2024 | Presence Weekly
As Christians, serving and leading in Washington, our renewed ethics create a recalibrating dissonance between what is seen as progress and what leads to true flourishing.Washington, D.C. Yellow Line repairs in 2022[The Devo] Participating in the Making All Things New...
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...
