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When Shame Sends Us Running, and Jesus Sends Us Back

NOTE: This article is featured on Salt & Sparrow and has been cross-posted here.

This piece is a reflection on the freeing redemption found in the story of the woman at the well—how, when shame drives us into hiding, Jesus meets us with knowing love that restores and sends us back out with our story. It’s a hopeful exploration of being fully seen, fully loved, and fully sent.

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Come and See: When We Decrease, He Becomes Great

This devotional from John 3–4 explores how true joy and transformation begin when we step back and let Christ take center stage. As we decrease—through humility, honesty, and vulnerability—He becomes great in our lives, relationships, and communities.

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A Legacy Beyond the Bricks

NOTE: This article has been cross-posted and originally appeared on the Center for Faith and Culture at SEBTS.

This is a reflection on what it means to grieve with hope—on legacy, loss, and the invitation to keep building the Church not with bricks, but with presence. It’s a story of remembering where we’ve come from so we can respond faithfully to where God is still calling us to go.

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