T.J. Lucas

By Rev. TJ Lucas My beloved suggested that since Labor Day festivities with the family caused me to miss the Monday Manna post (our weekly sermon recap and dwelling in word with next week's scriptures) that I post a Tuesday Toast! I thought this was such a cute play on words and lets take it a touch further. Toast is bread that has been heated but toast can also mean a celebratory word shared with a drink. So raise your glasses, coffee mugs, tea cups, and water bottles...today I want to toast...

By Rev. TJ Lucas Last week we missed our Manna because I was on vacation and this week it is a little late posting because I'm playing that infamous catch up game we all play when we come back from time away. I do hope we can stay committed to this practice together though even in imperfection. I think it is helpful to have a sermon recap and to look forward to the scriptures for the week ahead. Plus, we incorporate the spiritual practice of dwelling in the Word. Basically, you select a...

Missed Bible Study? Here’s What We Covered in Ecclesiastes 4–5 If you missed our gathering last week, we missed you in the room! We dove straight into Ecclesiastes chapters 4 and 5, taking them in as one continuous conversation about the human heart, the traps we fall into, and where true security actually lives. Here is the recap of where the text took us, the illustrations we used, and the truths we anchored our hearts in. The Transition: From Isolation to Empty Wealth We started by tracing...