I’m often reminded of (and mention here!) that old The Onion cartoon about the Trinity downsizing, laying off the Holy Spirit because of a lack of clarity on its role. It’s funny because it’s sadly true. Many Christians have only the vaguest idea about what the Holy Spirit does. Last year, I wrote a whole … Continue reading Life in Many Colours: A Reflection for Pentecost 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 