Practical Faith in everyday life.

Resting Busyness – Grace to Sabbath

Posted on June 19, 2014October 18, 2018 by Michael Rose

School is out for summer and for many, summer is the season for family vacations, and slowing the pace of life down. As a kid, I loved my annual two month sabbatical. My summers were filled with epic bike rides, camping, exploring the forests and orchard, building forts and pear fights with my buddies. Days…

Heroic Living

Posted on May 26, 2014February 8, 2018 by Michael Rose

Ever feel like you are overrun by the mundane in your life? Having dinner with some friends the other night and our conversation quickly turned to life and significance. We all could agree that significance comes from something bigger than ourselves and for us around the table, we agreed, that something bigger was Jesus….

Fighting Fair Builds Healthy Marriages

Posted on May 13, 2014February 8, 2018 by Michael Rose

Love may be blind, but Marriage is an eye opener! A classic one-liner but so true – Marriage can be tough! Marriage is a wonderful medium for love to grow richer and deeper as it is tested in the realities of the day to day of life. But in the day to day of…

Hypocrites: Always room for one more!

Posted on May 2, 2014August 22, 2017 by Michael Rose

Is the Church full of hypocrites? I hear it often. It seems like an auto-response for many when describing the Church; “the Church is full of hypocrites.” I usually end up smiling as I remember an old friend when faced with the same response. He would smile and warmly reply “Yes! And there is always…

How to Resign from a Job with Grace

Posted on April 10, 2014November 5, 2018 by Michael Rose

The average worker in North America will have an average of 7-10 different jobs in their lifetime. This works out to an average adult changing jobs about every four years. While some of these changes may be due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be those opportunities where you make a deliberate choice to…

Legend of the Fire Maker

Posted on February 27, 2014May 2, 2017 by Michael Rose

Once upon a time, in a far away land, a wise man made a discovery. He discovered fire and with fire, he could be warm, cook his food and have light through the dark of night. He had heard of a people across the mountains; the people who lived on the plains and he wondered…

Bruised and Broken? God has a Plan for You!

Posted on January 29, 2014July 1, 2017 by Michael Rose

Thornton Wilder’s play, “The Angel that Troubled the Waters” is based on the story found in John 5:1- 5 with an interesting twist. The play tells the story of a doctor who visits the pool of Bethesda in hopes that he could be the first in the water when the angel appears and troubles the…

The Grace to Endure the Crushing Things of Life

Posted on January 21, 2014February 14, 2018 by Michael Rose

Words like crushing, dying, despair, utter darkness are good words to describe walking through the valley of the Shadow of Death but are anemic when you have never experienced them, and quite honestly, I hope you never have to. But the reality is, some of us have, and for some of us this may be…

The Least of These?

Posted on December 4, 2013March 31, 2018 by Michael Rose

Jesus tells a story in Matthews 25 of a King who calls a meeting of his subjects. He said to the group to the right of him, “I want to sincerely thank and commend you. For I was sick, and you cared for me. I was hungry and thirsty, and you fed me and gave…

Speaking the Truth in Love

Posted on December 4, 2013July 11, 2017 by Michael Rose

There is a comedian who has a bit where he describes some of the idiosyncrasies of living in the Southern United States. He laughs as he describes how people would say things like “That baby sure is ugly! Bless his little heart” or “Betsy sure looks fat in that dress. Bless her heart!” He jokes…