Where you lead, I will follow

Jeff Chacon July 7, 2020 When the signs of the times are confusing and I don’t know which way to go – where you lead, I will follow. When the clouds of my tears are blurring and they fall like rain on my pillow – where you lead, I will follow. When the dread of […]

Are you looking through the wrong end of the telescope?

Jeff Chacon July 3, 2020 Telescopes help us see objects more clearly. But if you look through the wrong end of the telescope, it does just the opposite: instead of seeing objects more clearly, you see them less clearly – and they seem even farther away. Think of your Bible as a telescope. When you […]

Friends

Jeff Chacon June 30, 2020 Some people know you, but don’t love you. That makes us feel rejected – or at least ignored. Others love you, but don’t really know you. That makes us feel insecure – if they really knew me, would they still love me? What we really want – the intimacy we […]

Shaking and Testing, by Ron Conkling

Jeff Chacon June 26, 2020 So much has happened in 2020, and with each impact a question that I hear over and over again is, “What is God doing?” I think the short answer is: what he is always doing, working to bring us closer to him. But these times feel different, and a scripture […]

Are you a safe place?

Jeff Chacon June 22, 2020 One of the greatest needs of the human heart is for safety. An unsafe relationship can never be a loving relationship – because we cannot bring our authentic selves to it. So, we must be a safe place for each other in Christ where we can be fully known and […]

“What do you expect me to do?! I’m not Jesus!”

Jeff Chacon June 16, 2020 These days – perhaps more than ever – it’s so important to be like Jesus in our communication. Let me tell you a story… About five years into our marriage, Lisa and I were having some conflict in our marriage and soon found ourselves in the living room of another […]

A call to fast and pray

Jeff Chacon June 11, 2020 “We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” (2 Chronicles 20:12b) Dear Brothers and Sisters, These are difficult times for all of us. From the weariness of the Pandemic to the heartbreak of our nation’s racial division it’s taken a toll on each of us, and […]

Beware the trap of binary thinking

Jeff Chacon June 11, 2020 There’s a long overdue nationwide awakening to social injustices for a large segment of our country and it affects many of our dear brothers and sisters in Christ. God’s Word is filled with calls for his people to act on behalf of the oppressed: “Learn to do right; seek justice. […]

We Shall Overcome

Jeff Chacon June 5, 2020 Sometimes the heaviness of it all is overwhelming. New York Times author Michelle Goldberg noted that 2020 started off like 1974 (an impeachment crisis), quickly became 1918 (a pandemic), turned into 1929 (an economic crash), and is now 1968 (massive urban unrest). We could add 1992 and the images of […]

Letter to the church from Jeff and Ron

Jeff Chacon June 2, 2020 Dear brothers and sisters, Our hearts are broken, and we fall to our knees in prayer as we cry out to God about all that has gone on over the last few days in our country, and all that has led up to it. We are hurting with our brothers […]