Good morning, saints—and sinners too. Some of us hesitate to identify as either. Yet, in Christ, we are both: sinners saved by grace and saints made righteous through Jesus. That’s the paradox and the beauty of the Christian walk—being broken, yet made whole in Him. My name is Slavic. I’m a pastor and also a … Read more

I grew up constantly comparing myself to others, wondering if I measured up to the standard set forth by my peers. To a certain extent, I understood that God loved me, but I also saw God the way I saw the other authority figures in my life, such as my dad. I knew that my … Read more

I struggled with unbelief in a personal God; I struggled with the hypocrisy in myself and the church. I struggled to reconcile the perfect grace preached in theory with what was so distorted in practice. Yet, in my struggle, I did not walk away from Christianity. This struggle had quite the opposite effect on me; … Read more

There are good things that can become distractions from great things. A couple of years ago, I bought an old house and decided to remodel it. I sketched a plan, hired an architect, and pulled the necessary permits. This started the long and treacherous road to overhauling the house. For the next two years, I … Read more