by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Mar 26, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to sweep through the world, its impacts are many—the loss of work, the loss of human contact, and even the loss of life. The pandemic’s most devastating impact, however, is the loss of a predictable future. When will life return to normal? Will...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Mar 23, 2020
The world has altered dramatically since Ash Wednesday and the launch of this Forty Days of Apostleship. The rapid spread of this current scourge has changed everything—restricting or shutting down many public spaces including churches. Now that Christians have...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Mar 16, 2020
It’s no coincidence that these 40 Days of Apostleship overlap with the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus sweeps the world, fear threatens to engulf it as well. There has never been a better time to believe like Jesus—to develop the kind of faith he had—so you can...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Mar 9, 2020
During this 40 Days of Apostleship, we are looking at how to expand our faith from the faith of a disciple to the faith of an apostle. That means up-leveling your faith from believing in Jesus to believing like Jesus. My theory is those who believe like Jesus can do...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Feb 27, 2020
As the United States slides toward authoritarianism, and the United Methodist Church slides toward schism, it’s easy to be resigned. What can I do, anyway, you might ask? Don’t “they” have all the power? I understand that the news looks that way. And there are even...
by Rebekah Simon-Peter | Mar 19, 2018
Judging by Facebook posts these days, puppies are in. People with whom you disagree are out. Love is in short supply. We’ve had it worn thin with “sex, lies and videotape.” But don’t give up on love. Jesus, above all else, was about love: love of God, love of people,...
