There are certain things in life, like parenting, or the decision around what college to attend where it feels like the ax is flying and you have no idea as to whether that decision or a long line of decisions will hit its intended target. It’s like you throw it and the ax seems to be indefinitely suspended in the air, and you are forced to wait as to whether it will hit its target or even stick at all…

When we name the source, we have the opportunity to differentiate ourselves from the power that anxiety holds over us. By naming the source, we set ourselves apart from it and give ourselves the opportunity to no longer react to the fear, but respond to God.

Everyone wants to “fix it,” and are unable to grieve it. One side says this is about mental health; and the other that this is simply hate.  But what does Jesus say? We can get caught up in the finger pointing, but the believer knows that we have a deeply spiritual problem, and that political solutions can only manage around them.

My concluding thoughts coming out of the Easter season on what God is teaching us and myself as we continue to build 938 Church.

Here is lesson 4 of what I think God is showing us coming out of Lent and Easter this year.

Coming out of Lent and the Easter season, here are three things I’ve been learning about ourselves, God, and our community.