For the reader whose certainty about God quietly stopped arriving and has not been replaced, this message refuses to treat the loss as a discipline problem and puts the standing where Hebrews puts it, on a city with foundations whose builder and maker is God.
NovaFor the doubting
Messages
Luke 6:48
Sure Foundation
Eleven Moves Nobody Mentioned
Luke 6:48
Isaiah 58:12
Built To Last
He Planted a Tree He Does Not Own
Isaiah 58:12
Psalm 62:6
Steadied Now
The Man Who Moves With the Harvest
Psalm 62:6
2 Timothy 2:19
Sure Foundation
The Back That Was the Foundation
2 Timothy 2:19
Hebrews 13:8
Steadied Now
She Stopped Saying Her Own Name
Hebrews 13:8
Proverbs 16:9
Deciding From Rest
They Have Not Named Him Yet
Proverbs 16:9
Matthew 6:20
Built To Last
What Survives Ten Addresses
Matthew 6:20
Psalm 143:8
Deciding From Rest
The Application She Will Not Send
Psalm 143:8
Psalm 42:5
Settled Within
Everything Arranged, Awake at Three
Psalm 42:5
Revelation 14:13
Built To Last
The Names She Prays and Never Mentions
Revelation 14:13
2 Corinthians 1:21
Settled Within
The Load Nobody Rated
2 Corinthians 1:21
Psalm 37:23
Steadied Now
The Suitcase She Never Fully Unpacks
Psalm 37:23
Philippians 4:7
Settled Within
The Calm One Has Nowhere to Put It
Philippians 4:7
Psalm 25:12
Deciding From Rest
The Number She Has Not Dialed
Psalm 25:12
Psalm 104:19
Ordered Days
The Sun Knows Its Going Down
Psalm 104:19
Isaiah 54:10
Solid Ground
The Sound of a Car in the Drive
Isaiah 54:10
Psalm 55:22
Steadied Now
Fifty Years, and Now a Rented Room
Psalm 55:22
Malachi 3:6
Solid Ground
The Shoes by the Bed
Malachi 3:6
Psalm 90:12
Ordered Days
The Day the Alarm Stopped Mattering
Psalm 90:12
Romans 8:26
Settled Within
He Cannot Name What Is Wrong
Romans 8:26
Psalm 20:7
Steadied Now
Three Layoffs and a Parking Lot
Psalm 20:7
Psalm 78:6
Built To Last
The Recipe He Is Teaching His Nephew
Psalm 78:6
Psalm 127:1
Sure Foundation
The Ground Was the Forecast
Psalm 127:1
Matthew 6:34
Ordered Days
He Will Not Start Anything on a Monday
Matthew 6:34
Hebrews 6:19
Solid Ground
The Word She Cannot Say Plainly
Hebrews 6:19
Acts 17:26
Ordered Days
The Laptop Is the Only Office
Acts 17:26
1 Corinthians 15:58
Built To Last
Nothing She Can Point At Yet
1 Corinthians 15:58
Exodus 16:4
Ordered Days
Her Day Belongs to Somebody Else
Exodus 16:4
Colossians 3:15
Deciding From Rest
The Keys on the Hook
Colossians 3:15
2 Corinthians 4:18
Built To Last
One Thing That Outlives the Van
2 Corinthians 4:18
John 14:27
Settled Within
Steady Was a Skill Before It Was a Gift
John 14:27
Psalm 92:2
Ordered Days
The Tuesday That Stopped Happening
Psalm 92:2
Psalm 11:3
Sure Foundation
Nobody Left to Tell
Psalm 11:3
Psalm 112:6-7
Steadied Now
She Stopped Buying Plants
Psalm 112:6-7
Isaiah 33:6
Sure Foundation
She Built It All on Coping
Isaiah 33:6
Isaiah 30:15
Deciding From Rest
Saying Yes From a Suitcase
Isaiah 30:15
Psalm 68:6
Solid Ground
He Has Never Put a Nail in a Wall
Psalm 68:6
1 Peter 2:6
Sure Foundation
Standing on Being Liked
1 Peter 2:6
Psalm 16:8
Deciding From Rest
The Form on the Fridge
Psalm 16:8
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Ordered Days
Every Day Is the Same Day Now
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Isaiah 26:3
Steadied Now
Cooking in a Kitchen on a Renewal
Isaiah 26:3
Psalm 90:1
Solid Ground
She Can Pack a Van in Twenty Minutes
Psalm 90:1
2 Corinthians 4:16
Settled Within
The One Everybody Leans On
2 Corinthians 4:16
Deuteronomy 33:27
Solid Ground
He Has Never Sat All the Way Down
Deuteronomy 33:27
1 Corinthians 3:11
Sure Foundation
The Folded Cardboard Under the Leg
1 Corinthians 3:11
Habakkuk 3:19
Solid Ground
She Can Sleep Anywhere and Rest Nowhere
Habakkuk 3:19
Hebrews 11:10
Sure Foundation
The Year the Certainty Went
Hebrews 11:10
Psalm 71:5-6
Solid Ground
The Bag by the Door at Seventy
Psalm 71:5-6
Proverbs 3:5-6
Deciding From Rest
Frozen Between Two Towns
Proverbs 3:5-6
Psalm 74:16
Ordered Days
Her Body Does Not Know What Day It Is
Psalm 74:16
Psalm 131:2
Settled Within
She Feels Like a Visitor in Her Own Life
Psalm 131:2
Ephesians 2:20
Sure Foundation
The Man Who Was Load Bearing
Ephesians 2:20
Daniel 12:3
Built To Last
Nobody Will Know He Taught It
Daniel 12:3
Isaiah 32:18
Settled Within
A Guest at His Own Table
Isaiah 32:18
Isaiah 28:16
Sure Foundation
The Five-Year Plan on the Whiteboard
Isaiah 28:16
Psalm 18:33
Solid Ground
The Address He Kept Getting Wrong
Psalm 18:33
Psalm 139:23-24
Settled Within
Composure Is Her Second Job
Psalm 139:23-24
James 1:17
Solid Ground
He Can Hear It in His Son
James 1:17
Psalm 121:3
Steadied Now
Two Hundred Nights in the Cab
Psalm 121:3
John 15:16
Built To Last
What Does Not Go in the Van
John 15:16
Psalm 40:2
Steadied Now
Firm Steps on a Six-Month Lease
Psalm 40:2
Psalm 27:10
Solid Ground
She Counts the Exits
Psalm 27:10
Isaiah 30:21
Deciding From Rest
The Room He Has Not Cleared Yet
Isaiah 30:21
1 Peter 5:10
Steadied Now
Six Months in a Relative's Basement
1 Peter 5:10
Genesis 8:22
Ordered Days
A Week With No Edges
Genesis 8:22
Psalm 102:28
Built To Last
The Letters in the Shoebox
Psalm 102:28
Matthew 7:24-25
Sure Foundation
He Was Standing on Her Calm
Matthew 7:24-25
Psalm 90:17
Built To Last
The Ordinary Years She Cannot Weigh
Psalm 90:17
2 Thessalonians 3:3
Steadied Now
The Bed Number They Gave Her
2 Thessalonians 3:3
Colossians 2:7
Sure Foundation
The Routine Was Holding Him Up
Colossians 2:7
Mark 6:31
Ordered Days
Three Jobs and One Long Day
Mark 6:31
1 Corinthians 3:14
Built To Last
She May Not See It Finished
1 Corinthians 3:14
Isaiah 41:10
Deciding From Rest
The Sentence She Has Not Said
Isaiah 41:10
Numbers 28:3
Ordered Days
It Is Thursday and She Cannot Account for It
Numbers 28:3
Hebrews 11:16
Built To Last
The Last One Who Remembers
Hebrews 11:16
Psalm 65:8
Ordered Days
Nothing on the Calendar Since March
Psalm 65:8
Lamentations 3:22-23
Solid Ground
Nobody Ever Showed Him a Tuesday
Lamentations 3:22-23
Psalm 51:6
Settled Within
The Woman Everyone Calls Together
Psalm 51:6
Exodus 14:14
Deciding From Rest
The Date He Will Not Circle
Exodus 14:14
1 Samuel 16:7
Settled Within
Forty Years at One Address and Still Bracing
1 Samuel 16:7
James 1:5
Deciding From Rest
The Decision About His Father
James 1:5
Psalm 73:26
Settled Within
She Sings It and Cannot Hold It
Psalm 73:26
Psalm 32:8
Deciding From Rest
Six Weeks With the Tab Open
Psalm 32:8
Proverbs 10:25
Steadied Now
A Different Unit Every Eight Weeks
Proverbs 10:25