Another week has flown by in this year that's just disappearing. (How was it that January felt like it lasted three months and the rest of it has just evaporated?!) But, in the interest of slowing down and looking around, it's time for another look at what's been lighting me up this week. It's been … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (June 7, 2025)
This June, I'm revisiting my 2022 series on vocation. In the last post, we looked at what the creation story in Genesis tells us about humanity’s general vocation: to be God’s representatives in the world and to reflect God’s character in our interactions with one another and in how we exercise stewardship over creation. But, … Continue reading Called to Be Christlike [Revisited]
[This June I'm revisiting my series on vocation from a few years ago. With some minor changes, the main text is the same, but I've added some current thoughts at the end.] In the previous post, which introduced this series on vocation, we saw that God’s calling works on both general — what God calls … Continue reading Called to Be Human [Revisited]
It's June 2025 and a lot of people in my life have entered times of discernment. As such, I've been thinking back a lot on my 2022 series about vocation. I thought it might be time to revisit it here. Over the next few weeks I'll be re-posting the series, with some added commentary at … Continue reading Called according to God’s Purpose [Revisited]
As Jesus famously said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will also be” (Matthew 6.21). In other words, we will all follow the thing that is really the most important to us. We all have the hill we’ll die on, the bridge we’d rather burn than cross. We are generally happy to live and … Continue reading A God of Freedom: A Reflection on Acts 16.16-34
Matthew Root 