A Message to a Lukewarm Church

I was baffled. The petrol gauge showed about a quarter of a tank, more than enough to reach my next stop, and there was no warning light on the dashboard. Still, I knew better than to ignore the alarm, especially when...

Growing up as a people pleaser, I learned to measure my worth by acceptance. I feared rejection, feared disappointing others, feared no longer belonging. To be wanted felt safe. To be approved felt valuable. So I became the kind of person who would say “yes” even when my heart was weary. But one day, God led me into a painful lesson through a single word: No.

Convinced it was God's will that we give this concert, we formed a circle, joined hands, and prayerfully put the matter in His hands. Minutes later, one of the guards came back and...