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The Battle for Attention
Proverbs 4:23
 
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
 
If this proverb were written today, it might read:
“Above all else, guard your attention.”
 
In Hebrew thought, the heart (lev) was the seat of desire, imagination, and decision. It included what we today call “the mind.” Everything a person loved, feared, valued, and believed was rooted in the heart.
 
In the digital age, the heart’s doorway is attention. Every app, platform, notification, headline, and ping is competing for one thing — your sustained focus. Not because they want to inform you, but because they want to shape you. What you repeatedly attend to becomes your internal world.
 
Sociologist Shoshana Zuboff says we live in an era of “behavioral futures markets,” where our attention is bought and sold to predict what we will do next. Your attention shapes your habits. Your habits shape your loves. And your loves shape your life.
 
This is why wisdom literature emphasizes attentiveness:
  • “Incline your ear to wisdom.”
  • “Fix your gaze directly before you.”
  • “Bind these words to your heart.”
 
Attention is not just cognitive; it is deeply spiritual. When your attention is constantly fractured, your spirit feels fractured. You sense it in your anxiety, your restlessness, your mental clutter, your distractibility in prayer. Not because you lack willpower, but because your attention is being pulled apart.
 
The attention economy forms us without our consent — unless we consciously re-anchor our attention in Christ.
 
To “guard your heart” today might mean:
  • silencing notifications
  • resisting the urge to check everything
  • slowing your scroll
  • practicing Scripture before screens
  • noticing what draws you toward fear or outrage
 
The world disciples your attention toward chaos.
Jesus disciples your attention toward peace.
 
The battle for truth begins with the battle for attention.
 
  1. What captures your attention most easily? What does that reveal about your desires?
  2. How does your digital environment affect your emotional and spiritual life?
  3. What practice could help you “guard your heart” this week?

By Timothy Gillespie

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The Crisis of Knowing: Why Truth Feels Fractured

INTRODUCTION: The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.

OPEN:  Think of a time when you were absolutely certain something was true — and later discovered you were wrong. How did that realization feel? What did it teach you about knowing, certainty, or humility?

Follow-up: In one sentence, how would you describe the “truth climate” of our world today?

SCRIPTURE READING
Read together:  John 18:33–38, 1 Corinthians 13:9–12, John 14:6

Listen for the tension between certainty and revelation, information and encounter, data and relationship.

CONTEXT & SETUP (Read Aloud)
We live in a time where access to information has never been easier — yet finding truth has never felt harder. The internet overwhelms us with content, algorithms shape our attention, and culture swings between wanting absolute certainty and trusting nothing at all. Pilate’s ancient question — “What is truth?” — has become the modern cry of a confused world.

This week’s teaching reminds us that Christian truth is not just a concept, a doctrine, or a set of right answers. Truth is a Person — Jesus Christ. And knowing Him forms how we see everything else. We are not asked to become certain people. We are invited to become formed people — humble, attentive, and anchored in Christ.

HEAD: Explore the Text
  1. When you hear Pilate ask, “What is truth?”, how do you hear that question? Curious? Cynical? Exhausted? Defensive? Something else? Why?
  2. Read John 14:6 again. What does it mean that truth is not just something Jesus teaches, but something Jesus is? How does this reframe our approach to Christian belief?
  3. The sermon introduced the Greek word aletheia (“unveiled,” “revealed”). How does this reshape the idea that we “discover” truth versus truth being “revealed” to us?
  4. Modernism says truth is provable. Postmodernism says truth is perspectival. Metamodernism says truth is held in tension. Which cultural worldview has shaped you the most? Why?
  5. How has the internet changed how you know things? Does your feed shape your worldview? Your sense of truth? Your emotions?
  6. Paul says we “see through a glass dimly.” How do you personally relate to the idea that Christians only “know in part”?
  7. What helps you discern truth more deeply — Scripture? Community? Prayer? Silence? Conversations? Practices? Something else?
  8. Where does Christian humility sit in conversations about “being right”? Why do you think humility is essential to Christian epistemology?

HEART: Personal Reflection
  1. Where do you experience “epistemic anxiety” — the fear of being wrong, misled, or uninformed? How does that fear affect your spiritual life?
  2. Have you ever felt pressure to “pick a side” in something before you had time to think, pray, or discern? What was that like?**
  3. Can you recall a time when Jesus revealed truth to you not through information, but through relationship or experience?
  4. Where might Jesus be inviting you to slow down, listen, or let go of a need for certainty?

HANDS: Practice This Week
Spiritual Practice: Curating Attention
  • Choose one of the following practices for the next 7 days:
  • Scripture Before Screens: Don’t look at your phone until you’ve read Scripture.
  • Digital Sabbath: One full day with no social media or news.
  • Listening Prayer: 5 minutes of silence asking Jesus, “Reveal truth to me.”
  • Communal Discernment: Ask a trusted friend: “Where do you see blind spots in me?”

Invite the group to check in next week about their experience.

FINISH WELL: Bring It Home
  1. What is one place in your life where you want truth to be “unveiled” — for God to make something clearer to you?
  2. Who are the people in your life that help you see more clearly? How can you invite them into your discernment this week?**
  3. What will be your one intentional step toward becoming a more truthful, humble, Christ-formed person?

CLOSING PRAYER (Leader or Participant Reads)
Jesus, our Truth,
Unveil what we cannot see.
Reveal what we do not understand.
Heal our blind spots, calm our anxieties,
and lead us into deeper humility and love.
Form us into a people who know You,
follow You, and reflect You to the world.
Amen.

Pastor Timothy Gillespie

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Embodied Truth & Epistemic Humility
Micah 6:8; John 8:31–32

Truth in Scripture is never just something to believe. It is always something to become.
Jesus says, “If you hold to my teaching… then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Notice the order:
  1. Follow Me.
  2. Live My way.
  3. Then you’ll understand.
 
Christian knowing flows from Christian living.
The Hebrew prophets understood this long before Jesus spoke it. Micah famously declared:
“Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God.”

Justice.
Mercy.
Humility.
This is truth embodied.
 
In Hebrew thought, “truth” (emet) implies stability, faithfulness, reliability. Truth is something you walk in, not something you win with.
This is why truth cannot be separated from virtues like humility, compassion, and justice. If our truth does not make us more like Christ, it is not Christian truth.
You know someone is walking in truth not when they win arguments, but when:
  • their presence feels safe
  • their humility is evident
  • their attention is loving
  • their words build life
  • their actions reflect Jesus

Truth is not merely a belief system; it is a formation system.
In a culture fractured by misinformation, tribal identity, and suspicion, Christians witness to Jesus by becoming:
  • calm in chaos
  • humble in conflict
  • curious in confusion
  • loving in disagreement
  • faithful amid uncertainty

This is the embodied truth that sets us free — and draws the world to Christ.

  1. Who in your life embodies truth in a way that feels safe, humble, and Christlike?
  2. Where is Jesus inviting you to walk more humbly this week?
  3. What small act of embodied truth could you practice today?

By Timothy Gillespie

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Deconstructing Certainty, Reconstructing Trust
1 Corinthians 8:1–3; 1 Corinthians 13:12
 
Certainty feels safe. Uncertainty feels scary. So we spend much of our lives clinging to what we can control: information, arguments, opinions, positions, labels.
 
But Paul says something radical:
“Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”
 
Knowledge alone creates spiritual inflation. Only love creates spiritual formation.
 
Paul also teaches that our knowing is always partial, always incomplete, always “through a glass dimly.” That is not a failure — it’s a feature of Christian faith.
 
Faith does not begin with certainty.
Faith begins with trust.
 
Certainty says: “I must be right.”
Trust says: “God will guide me.”
 
Certainty says: “I must defend the truth.”
Trust says: “Truth Himself is defending me.”
 
Certainty is about control.
Trust is about relationship.

In a world obsessed with winning arguments, Christians are called to something deeper:
Epistemic humility — a way of knowing shaped by love, formed in community, and grounded in Christ.

When something shakes your certainty — a crisis, a question, a doubt — it is not the end of your faith. It might be the beginning of real faith. Often, God loosens our grip on certainty so He can strengthen our grip on Him.

Deconstruction becomes holy when it leads to reconstruction in Christ.
Uncertainty becomes sacred when it leads to deeper dependence.
Doubt becomes a doorway when it invites us into trust.

What if the very places you feel least certain are the places Jesus is calling you to follow Him more intimately?
 
  1. Where in your life are you clinging to certainty instead of trusting Jesus?
  2. How does it feel to acknowledge that your knowledge is partial?
  3. What would trusting God — not outcomes — look like this week?

By Timothy Gillespie

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Stories Shape Seeing
Psalm 119:105; Luke 24:13–35

When Jesus rose from the dead, He didn’t appear to the disciples with a lecture, a doctrinal outline, or a bullet-point list. He met two discouraged travelers and did something deeply epistemological.
 
He re-narrated their story.
 
He told them the Scriptures again — but this time as the story that pointed to Him. And only after the story was reinterpreted could they recognize Him.
 
This is a profound truth:
 
**We see what our story trains us to see.
 
We notice what our worldview teaches us to notice.
We recognize what our narrative prepares us to recognize.**
 
This is why two people can read the same Bible passage and walk away with opposite conclusions. It’s why two people can experience the same event and interpret it differently. It’s why culture wars aren’t really about events — they’re about stories.
 
Every person lives inside a “master narrative” that shapes:
  • what we fear
  • what we trust
  • what we value
  • what we assume
  • what we hope
  • what we think is possible
 
The Scriptures are not merely a set of theological claims. They are the true story of the world — the story that forms us to recognize Jesus. Psalm 119 says God’s Word is “a lamp to my feet.” Lamps do not change the terrain. They change how we see it. Scripture functions this way too.
 
Too often, Christians treat the Bible as a database of answers. But Jesus treats it as a formative story — one that reshapes our imagination, heals our vision, and restores our ability to see truth.
When truth feels fragmented, we anchor ourselves not in better arguments but in a better story.

A story of:
  • creation
  • covenant
  • incarnation
  • crucifixion
  • resurrection
  • new creation

 This is the story that makes sense of our own experience.

  1. What story has shaped the way you see the world — your family story, cultural story, political story, or God’s story?
  2. How has Scripture re-narrated your life in the past?
  3. Where do you need Jesus to walk with you and “open the Scriptures” again?

By Timothy Gillespie

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How We Know What We Know
Proverbs 18:17; James 1:19

One of the most important spiritual disciplines in our age is slowing down long enough to ask:
“How did I come to believe what I believe?”
 
We often assume our beliefs are the product of intelligence or logic — when in reality, they are shaped by:
  • the family we grew up in
  • the community that formed us
  • the sources we trust
  • our emotional history
  • the stories we love
  • the fears we carry
  • the people we hope to please
 
Epistemology: the study of how we know what we know — is not abstract. It’s personal.
 
The internet has flattened the world so completely that we rarely pause to examine how our knowing is being shaped. Algorithms subtly curate our attention. Search engines learn our fears, preferences, and patterns. Our feeds increasingly show us what confirms our assumptions, not what challenges them.
 
This is why Proverbs warns us:
“The first to speak seems right, until another comes and questions him.”
 
In other words:
Slow down.
Listen longer.
Ask better questions.
Seek wisdom before reacting.
 
James echoes this beautifully:
“Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”
 
Anger accelerates our “knowing.”
Love slows it down.
Humility opens us.
Fear closes us.
 
The Christian way of knowing requires epistemic humility — a willingness to acknowledge we see only in part (1 Cor. 13:12). This humility is not weakness. It’s wisdom.
 
When we remember that our knowledge is partial, shaped, influenced, and often distorted, we become more like Christ:
  • patient
  • thoughtful
  • curious
  • compassionate
 
You don’t have to distrust everything. You just have to distrust your impulse to rush.
 To know as Christ knows, we adopt His posture:  Slow. Present. Listening. Discerning. Compassionate. This is how Christians remain faithful in a fragmented information age.
 
  1. Who or what shapes how you know things right now?
  2. Where do you feel pressure to react quickly rather than discern slowly?
  3. How would your week change if you practiced James 1:19 literally?

By Timothy Gillespie

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Truth as Revelation, Not Certainty
John 14:6; John 18:37–38

The question “What is truth?” isn’t new. Pilate’s voice echoes through time, weary and suspicious, shaped by power struggles and political pressure. His question sounds like modern people scrolling endlessly, skeptical of everything and trusting nothing.
 
When Jesus responds, He doesn’t give an explanation.
He gives Himself.
 
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
 
The Greek word Jesus uses here, aletheia, means “unveiled” or “revealed.” Truth is not primarily a fact we discover. It’s a Person who reveals Himself. This is a deeply Christian idea: truth is relational, not merely conceptual.
 
The modern world taught us to equate truth with certainty.
The postmodern world taught us to equate truth with perspective.
But Jesus teaches us that truth is an encounter.
 
Not a proposition.
Not a platform.
Not a political stance.
A relationship.
 
Think about Peter in Matthew 16. Jesus asks, “Who do you say I am?” Peter answers, “You are the Christ,” and Jesus tells him:
 
“Flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.”
 
Truth is revealed, not merely deduced. This doesn’t mean Christians lack confidence.
It means our confidence comes from our connection to Christ—not our mastery of ideas.
 
In an age of constant noise and infinite content, Christians hold a deeper conviction:
Truth is something (and Someone) you receive, not something you conquer. This turns our spiritual journey from a quest for perfect certainty into a posture of open-handed receptivity:
 
“Lord, unveil what I cannot see.”
“Reveal what I cannot understand.”
“Show me truth in Your timing.”
 
To know Jesus is to become more humble, not more rigid.
To follow the Truth is to become more loving, not more argumentative.
To belong to Christ is to let Him be the One who reveals what is real.
 
The deepest truth is not what you know —
but who knows you.
 
  1. Where have you confused Christian faith with the need to feel certain?
  2. How does seeing truth as revelation rather than achievement change your relationship with Jesus?
  3. What part of your life needs the prayer, “Lord, unveil what I cannot see”?

By Timothy Gillespie

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We are living in a time when truth feels harder to find than ever. Between the noise of the internet, the pace of cultural change, and the polarization of our communities, many of us feel the weight of not knowing what to trust — or even how to think about truth anymore. We scroll, we listen, we react, and yet clarity often feels just out of reach. Whether you’ve felt confused, overwhelmed, frustrated, or even discouraged about what’s real and what’s reliable, you’re not alone. These next six weeks are designed to gently walk with you through this very human experience, not with judgment or oversimplification, but with the compassion and wisdom of Jesus Himself.

In this series, we’re going to explore a different way of approaching truth — not as a weapon to win arguments, not as a badge to prove we’re right, and not as something we must grasp perfectly in order to belong. Instead, we’ll journey into truth as Scripture presents it: truth as relationship, truth as humility, truth as community, and ultimately truth as a Person — Jesus Christ. Together, we will look at how modern life has shaped our way of knowing, how our stories and biases impact what we see, how the internet forms our imagination, and how the Spirit invites us into a deeper, freer, more Christ-centered way of seeing the world. You don’t need to be a philosopher or theologian to take this journey — you just need an open heart and a willingness to let Jesus lead.

Our hope for these weeks is simple: that you would breathe a little easier, listen a little deeper, and learn to recognize the voice of Jesus with greater clarity. We pray that as you engage in the sermons, small groups, devotionals, and conversations, you’ll discover that truth in the Christian story is not something to fear — it is something that leads us into freedom. Let’s step into these six weeks together with curiosity, grace, and the expectation that God still reveals Himself to ordinary people who seek Him. Welcome to the journey.

By Timothy Gillespie

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The Victory We Couldn’t Imagine

INTRODUCTION
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.

OPENING QUESTION
What is something you used to believe that has changed or you no longer believe? Think as far back as childhood if needed.  Did the change have no impact on you, some, or was it transformative in some way?

HEAD
  1. Read Mark 15:33-Mark 15:8, together and share any wisdom, insights, or thoughts that come to you from the reading.
  2. Why do you think darkness fell over the land while Jesus hung on the cross?
  3. Read Psalm 22, where Jesus’ quote in verse 34 comes from. What do you think that Psalm is ultimately about?
  4. What do you think the significance is of the curtain in the temple, the very curtain that separated people from the presence of God, was torn?  And not just torn, torn from top to bottom?
  5. What was it about the way Jesus died that made the centurion say, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
  6. Why do you think Jesus died so quickly? The Romans were experts at making a death like this last, so what happened?
  7. Do you think the women believed the angels when they said that Jesus was alive? Remember, nothing like this had ever been heard of before.
  8. Though Mark’s account doesn’t have Jesus reuniting with the women and the disciples, the other gospels do. What do you think it was like for them that first time they saw Jesus, especially after losing him just days before?

HEART
  1. Most credible historians believe that Jesus of Nazareth actually lived, and that he was put to death by the Romans on a cross.  The question is, what happened next.  What do you believe and why?

HANDS
This week, read all the accounts of Jesus’ trial, death, and resurrection (Matthew 27-28, Luke 23-24, Mark 15-16, John 19-20). Right out your reflections, insights, and how you feel the Spirit moving in your heart.  Again, if you haven’t before committed your life to Jesus in the waters of baptism, what’s stopping you from doing it now? If you have, what would it look like to renew your commitment to him this Easter. Also, who is someone in your circle of influence that you could pray for, that they would come to know the love of God and the gift of Jesus for them.

WORDS TO LIVE BY
16 For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:16-17, NLT

Pastor Paddy McCoy

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THE MESSAGE THAT REWRITES EVERYTHING

Mark 16:6-8 (NLT) "The angel said, 'Don't be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.' The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened."

This is where Mark's Gospel ends, at least in the earliest manuscripts we have. No appearances of the risen Jesus. No touching of wounds. No breakfast on the beach. Just an empty tomb, a messenger, and women running away in fear and silence.
For centuries, readers found this ending so unsatisfying that scribes added other endings, trying to tie up the loose threads and give us the resurrection appearances we expect. But Mark knows exactly what he's doing. He's leaving the tomb empty and the story unfinished because he wants us to see that the resurrection isn't the end of the story, it's the beginning of ours.

The angel's message is carefully crafted: "You're looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified." Present tense for the crucifixion, because that's what the women are focused on, the dead Jesus they came to anoint. But then: "He isn't here! He is risen!" Perfect tense, meaning an action completed in the past with ongoing results. Jesus rose and is still risen. Death happened, but death is over.

"Go tell his disciples," the angel says, and then adds two words that must have hit like grace: "including Peter." Peter, who denied Jesus three times. Peter, who swore he'd die before abandoning Jesus and then ran the moment things got dangerous. Peter, who's probably drowning in shame and regret, wondering if he's lost his place in the movement. The angel makes sure Peter knows he's specifically included in this message.

Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee, where it all started, where He first called them, where they learned to follow before they learned to fail. The resurrection isn't asking them to forget what happened or pretend Friday didn't hurt. It's inviting them back to the beginning, to the place of calling, to start again with the same Jesus and the same mission but now with a deeper understanding of what it costs and what it means.

And then Mark tells us the women fled, trembling and bewildered, saying nothing to anyone. This is the most human response imaginable. They came expecting death and found life. They came to grieve and encountered mystery. Their categories are broken. Their assumptions are shattered. They're not ready to be resurrection witnesses, they're still trying to process what resurrection even means.

But here's the scandal: Mark's Gospel ends with their silence, but we're reading it, which means someone eventually spoke. These women who ran in fear found their voice. These disciples who scattered and denied and failed made it all the way to Galilee and met the risen Jesus and became the foundation of a movement that's still rolling across the world two thousand years later.

Mark ends his Gospel in the middle of the story because the story isn't over. The tomb is empty. Jesus is risen. And now it's our turn to figure out what that means, to carry this beautiful upset into our own Galilees, to live as people who've seen death defeated and separation ended.

The resurrection doesn't just tell us that Jesus is alive. It tells us that failure isn't final, that shame doesn't have to be permanent, that the worst thing is never the last thing. It tells us that God specializes in new beginnings and second chances and rolling away stones that seemed permanent.

Mark leaves us with an empty tomb and an invitation, the same invitation those first followers received: Go to Galilee. Go to where you started. Go to where Jesus first called you. He's already there, waiting for you, ready to begin again.
So where is your Galilee? Where is Jesus calling you to return? What's the first faithful step?
The tomb is empty. The King is risen. The beautiful upset has won.
Now it's your move.
 
  1. Where do you need to return to your "Galilee"—the place of your first calling?
  2. What keeps you from believing that resurrection is possible in your life?
  3. How is Jesus already going ahead of you, even now?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE WOMEN WHO WOULDN'T STOP

Mark 16:1-5 (NLT) "Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus' body. Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb... As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked."

Grief has a strange way of narrowing your world down to the next small task. You can't think about next month or next year, you can barely think about tomorrow. But you can think about this one thing, this small act of care that needs doing. For these women, that task was anointing Jesus' body. Never mind that the sun hasn't risen yet. Never mind that there's a massive stone blocking the entrance to the tomb. Never mind that they have no plan for moving it and no real hope of getting inside. They just know someone needs to do this last tender thing for the man they loved, so they show up with their spices and their grief and their stubborn devotion.

On the way to the tomb, they're asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone?" This is a practical problem without an obvious solution. Tomb stones in that era weren't doors you could knock on, they were massive circular stones that rolled in grooved tracks. Moving one required several strong men. But these women are going anyway, trusting that somehow they'll figure it out when they get there.

My wife Cass is like this. Give her a problem that seems impossible, and instead of getting paralyzed by the size of it, she'll start with the first small step. When we were moving to California and the logistics felt overwhelming, packing, hiring movers, finding housing, new schools, new jobs, I was making spreadsheets and backup plans. She just started putting books in boxes. "We can't do everything at once," she'd say, "but we can do this right now."
That's these women. They can't bring Jesus back. They can't undo Friday. But they can bring spices. They can show up at dawn. They can figure out the stone when they get there. And when they arrive, they discover the stone has already been rolled away. Not by them. Not because of their planning. But because God was already at work while they were walking through the dark.

They enter the tomb and see a young man in white, and Mark tells us they were shocked. Of course they were shocked. They came expecting death and decay. They came prepared to anoint a corpse. Instead they find an empty tomb and a messenger who's about to tell them something their grief can't yet process.

But here's what matters: they showed up. They didn't wait until they had all the answers or a foolproof plan. They didn't let the size of the stone or the impossibility of the situation keep them away. They just kept moving forward with the small faithfulness they could offer, trusting that somehow it would be enough. And it turns out, showing up is always enough, because God meets us in the moving forward. The miracles we need don't usually happen when we're standing still, trying to figure everything out. They happen when we take the next faithful step and discover that grace has gone ahead of us, rolling away the stones we thought were immovable.

1. What "stone" feels too big for you to move right now?
2. Where is God inviting you to take the next small step anyway?
3. How have you seen faithfulness met with unexpected grace?

By Andreas Beccai
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]]> https://crosswalkvillage.com/blog/2026/04/02/the-beautiful-upset-wk6-thu#comments 0 The Beautiful Upset: WK6 - WED https://crosswalkvillage.com/blog/2026/04/01/the-beautiful-upset-wk6-wed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://crosswalkvillage.com/blog/2026/04/01/the-beautiful-upset-wk6-wed
THE WOMEN WHO STAYED

Mark 15:42-47 (NLT) "This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached, Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body... Meanwhile, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where his body was laid."

Here's something you might have missed in the chaos of the crucifixion: when everyone else scattered, when the disciples went underground and Peter was nursing his shame and the crowds went home, the women stayed. They stood at the cross. They watched Him die. And then they followed His body to the tomb. Mark is careful to name them: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, Salome. These weren't casual observers or distant followers. These were women who had traveled with Jesus from Galilee, who had supported His ministry with their own resources, who had listened to His teaching and believed His message. And when belief became costly, when association with Jesus could get you killed, they stayed visible.
Joseph of Arimathea shows up in this story like an unexpected grace. He's a member of the Sanhedrin, the very council that condemned Jesus, but Mark tells us he was "waiting for the Kingdom of God." He wasn't fully in, but he wasn't fully out either. And in this moment, when it costs him everything, his reputation, his standing, his safety, he goes to Pilate and asks for the body. This is dangerous. Under Roman law, crucified criminals were left on display as warnings. Their bodies were typically thrown into mass graves or left for wild animals. By asking for Jesus' body, Joseph is publicly identifying himself as a follower of a failed Messiah. He's painting a target on his own back. But he does it anyway, because sometimes love requires us to step out of the shadows.
A friend told me about their sister who sat with her brother as he died of AIDS in 1987, when the epidemic was at its peak and fear was everywhere. Their parents wouldn't come. Some of their siblings wouldn't visit. The church they grew up in had made it clear that this disease was judgment, that people who had AIDS deserved what they got. But Sarah showed up. She held his hand. She read to him. She stayed through the end and made sure he had a funeral with dignity. Years later, she said, "I couldn't do theology in that moment. I could only do love."
That's what these women do. That's what Joseph does. They can't fix what happened. They can't reverse the crucifixion or explain the tragedy. But they can stay. They can witness. They can wrap a body with care and lay it in a tomb with honor. They can show up when showing up is all that's left to do.
And here's the thing, when everyone else is managing their reputations or protecting their safety or trying to figure out what comes next, these marginal people, women who couldn't testify in court and a secret sympathizer, become the faithful ones. They're the ones who bridge Friday to Sunday. They're the ones who keep vigil in the dark. They're the ones who will be first to discover that death didn't get the last word.

1. Where are you tempted to distance yourself from costly loyalty?
2. Who in your life needs someone to simply stay present?
3. How might "small" acts of faithfulness matter more than we realize?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE BREATH THAT CHANGES HISTORY

Mark 15:37-39 (NLT) "Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, 'This man truly was the Son of God!'"

Death is usually quiet. The movies get this wrong, people don't die with dramatic speeches or perfectly timed final words. Most of the time, death is a gradual fading, breath getting shallower, voice getting softer, until finally there's just silence.
But Jesus doesn't fade. Mark tells us He uttered "another loud cry" and then breathed His last. Even in death, Jesus is loud, declaring something with His final breath that the centurion standing there somehow understands.
I think about what that Roman soldier saw that day. He's seen hundreds of crucifixions, this is just another shift for him, another group of criminals getting what Rome says they deserve. Crucifixion was designed to be humiliating and prolonged, victims typically took days to die, their strength slowly ebbing until they could no longer pull themselves up to breathe. But this man is different. This man has been on the cross for six hours, and when He dies, it's with a cry of strength, not weakness. It's a declaration, not a whimper.
And the centurion, a pagan Roman soldier who's never read the Torah or heard the prophets, looks at how Jesus died and says out loud what the disciples have been too afraid to say: "This man truly was the Son of God."
Think about that. The confession Peter made back in Mark 8, the one Jesus told him not to share, is now being declared by the last person anyone expected. Not a disciple. Not a believer. Not even a Jew. A Roman executioner looks at death and sees divinity.
But that's not all that happens in that moment. At the exact instant Jesus breathes His last, the curtain in the Temple tears in two from top to bottom. This isn't a small curtain, it's a massive tapestry that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the Temple, the place where God's presence was said to dwell, the place only the high priest could enter once a year. And it tears. From top to bottom, meaning God ripped it, not human hands.
For centuries, that curtain said "stay back" and "not yet" and "you're not holy enough." It was a necessary barrier between holy God and sinful humanity. But when Jesus dies, the barrier comes down. The separation ends. The distance is bridged. What the Temple couldn't do, what the sacrifices couldn't accomplish, what human effort could never achieve, Jesus does with His last breath.
Access to God is no longer mediated by priests or curtains or rituals. The way is open. Not because we've become holy enough, but because Jesus has made Himself the bridge. The centurion gets it immediately. This isn't a defeated criminal or failed revolutionary. This is the Son of God opening a door that's been locked since Eden.
 
1. When have you felt unworthy to approach God?
2. How does the torn curtain change your understanding of access to God?
3. What does it mean that a Roman soldier confesses Jesus first?

By Andreas Beccai
Crosswalk Redlands

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THE DARKNESS THAT COVERS EVERYTHING

Mark 15:33-34 (NLT) "At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. Then at three o'clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' which means 'My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?'"
 
Darkness at noon is wrong in a way that makes your skin crawl. The sun should be at its brightest, shadows should be short and sharp, the world should be flooded with light. But instead, for three hours, the sky goes dark while Jesus hangs between heaven and earth.
This isn't poetic language or metaphor. Mark is telling us the cosmos itself reacted to what was happening on that hill. Creation was witnessing its Creator die, and the lights went out.
I remember sitting with a woman in Seattle whose husband had died suddenly. We were in her living room at two in the afternoon, one of those rare spring days when the sun finally breaks through after months of the gray pallor of winter and drizzle that doesn't end. The kind of day that feels precious in the Pacific Northwest precisely because it's so rare. Birds singing outside, light streaming through the windows, the world suddenly bright and alive. And she looked at me and said, "Why is it still bright outside? Doesn't the world know what just happened?" She wanted the weather to match the grief, wanted the sky to acknowledge the rupture in her life. And for three hours on a Friday afternoon two thousand years ago, that's exactly what happened.
The darkness at noon tells us that what's happening on the cross isn't just a human tragedy or political execution. This is cosmic. This is the moment when all the brokenness of the world, every act of violence and betrayal, every wound and every sin, gets placed on one man's shoulders. And the weight of it drives Him into a darkness so complete that even the sun refuses to watch.
But then Jesus cries out, and the words He chooses matter. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" These aren't words of despair invented in the moment, they're the opening line of Psalm 22, a prayer every faithful Jew would have known by heart. It's a psalm that begins in anguish but ends in vindication and praise. Jesus is praying Scripture in His darkest hour, clinging to the words His people have prayed for generations when they felt forsaken.
And here's the scandal of it all: Jesus knows what it feels like to be abandoned by God. The One who has existed in perfect communion with the Father from before time began experiences separation. The One who told His disciples He and the Father are one feels the crushing weight of distance. Not because God actually abandoned Him, but because Jesus took on Himself every human experience of God-forsakenness, every moment when we've cried out and heard only silence, every prayer that seemed to bounce off the ceiling.
This is the beautiful upset at its most brutal: the King who saves us by experiencing the very abandonment we deserve. The God who rescues us by entering into the worst thing we could ever feel.
 
1. Where have you felt abandoned by God?
2. How does it change things to know Jesus felt that abandonment too?
3. What might it mean that Jesus prays Scripture in His darkest moment?

By Andreas Beccai
Crosswalk Redlands

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The Weight We Cannot Carry

INTRODUCTION
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.

OPENING QUESTION
Have you ever been in a place that you strongly felt the presence of God or a deep sense of holiness? Share about one of those places and why you think you felt the way you did.

HEAD
  1. Read Mark 14:32-50, together and share any wisdom, insights, or thoughts that come to you from the reading.
  2. Again, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John farther into this experience. Why do you think he kept singling them out from the others?
  3. The disciples had likely never seen Jesus so deeply troubled and distressed. What do you think they made of it and how could they fall asleep when he was struggling?
  4. When Jesus says he was “crushed with grief to the point of death,” what do you think he means?
  5. What do you think it would have done for Jesus’ heart if he found Peter, James, and John praying even just one of the times he checked on them?
  6. According to Mark 14:48-49, how else is the kingdom of God not like the empires of this world?
  7. Estimates are that as many as 1,000 soldiers came to arrest Jesus. Why so many and what do you think Peter thought was going to happen when he pulled his sword?

HEART
  1. The Garden of Gethsemane was likely a common place of retreat for prayer. Do you have a place or space that you like to pray, or that helps you to pray? What makes that place special for you?
  2. Do you think the battle in the garden was just Jesus and his emotions, or was there another character in the story? How does Jesus battle and what can we learn from him about how to fight back when the enemy attacks?
  3. Jesus knew how the disciples would respond when he was arrested, but imagine for a moment how it would have felt to see them all run away from him. Discuss.
  4. Jesus decided in that garden to go through with the plan and to allow us humans to torture and crucify him.  He decided in that garden to go through with the pain of separation from the Father and the Spirit. What does it mean to you to know he loves you that much?

HANDS
This week, read all three accounts of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and simply reflect on what he was willing to do in hopes to spend eternity with you. As you reflect, if you’ve never committed your life to him in the waters of baptism, what’s stopping you from reaching out to a friend or your pastor right now?  If you have, Easter is always a great time to renew your vows to Him.

WORDS TO LIVE BY
9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed but wants everyone to repent.
2 Peter 3:9, NLT

Pastor Paddy McCoy

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THE LOVE THAT OUTLIVES OUR FAILURE

Mark 14:47–50 (NLT) “Then all his disciples deserted him and ran away.”

There’s a moment in the Gospels that can feel almost too human to sit with: the disciples, every last one, run. Not just Judas with his kiss, not just Peter with his sword, but all of them. The whole community Jesus poured Himself into slinks away into the dark. If you’ve ever loved people who didn’t stay, Jesus knows that ache. The Gospels don’t dress it up or soften the edges. They don’t shame the disciples or excuse them, they simply tell the truth: fear made the choice, and they ran. They weren’t malicious, they were overwhelmed, fragile, unprepared for the weight of that night.

Russian novelist Dostoevsky  once observed a truth that feels tailor-made for this scene. “Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.”  Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, 1880. Notice what he’s saying, it’s easy to imagine ourselves courageous in theory, heroic in dreams. But it’s harder to stay present when the garden fills with torches and soldiers. The disciples loved Jesus in their dreams, but in action, in the crush of fear, they faltered. It was the worst days of their lives, their dreams turned into nightmares. And still, Jesus walks forward, he doesn’t call them back for one more rallying speech, he doesn’t replace them. He doesn’t withdraw His affection or revise His mission. He walks the road they cannot walk, not to shame them, but to save them. 

That’s the wonder woven into this moment: Jesus’ love doesn’t end where our courage ends, his faithfulness isn’t undone by our failure. Every disciple who runs that night is gathered again,  Peter the denier. Thomas the doubter. The sons of Zebedee who vanished into the shadows. Even those who fade from the narrative find themselves caught up in resurrection grace, because failure is never the end of the story when Jesus is the one writing it! If you’ve run, out of fear, exhaustion, confusion, this passage isn’t your indictment. It’s your invitation. The One you ran from is the One who comes back for you.
The question isn’t, “Did you fail?” We all do. The question is, “Will you let His love find you again?”

  1. Where do you feel tempted to run from Jesus out of fear or shame?
  2. How has Jesus stayed faithful to you in seasons when you were struggling?
  3. Who in your life needs the kind of grace that stays, even when others scatter?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE KISS THAT BREAKS THE HEART

Mark 14:43–46 (NLT) “As Jesus was speaking, Judas appeared… Judas had given them a prearranged signal: ‘You will know which one to arrest when I greet him with a kiss.’”

A kiss is never just a kiss, not in Scripture, not in the ancient world, and honestly not in ours. In the first century, a kiss could communicate deep loyalty. Disciples kissed rabbis as a sign of respect. Friends kissed one another as a mark of covenant faithfulness. Families kissed as a way of saying, we belong to one another. A kiss was loaded with meaning, affection, honor, devotion. Even today, we know the power of this small gesture. A kiss can communicate commitment… or apathy. Intimacy… or distance. A kiss can start a marriage, or end one.

So when Judas chooses a kiss as his signal, the tragedy isn’t just the betrayal. It’s the distortion of a symbol meant for love. Judas doesn’t stab Jesus in the back; he embraces Him in the front, he uses the gesture of belonging to mark Jesus as the one to be taken, and suddenly, a symbol of loyalty becomes a weapon of betrayal. Mark wants us to feel the weight of it, to sit with the uncomfortable truth that betrayal rarely comes from enemies. It comes from people close enough to kiss you. People who know your rhythms, your voice, your vulnerabilities. If I was Jesus shoes I would have likely reacted with bitterness, but Jesus doesn’t recoil. He doesn’t step back, he receives the kiss and lets Himself be handed over by someone He called friend. This is the shock of the moment: Jesus is not caught off guard. He stands there, letting Judas do what Judas has chosen, not because He is powerless but because He has already surrendered to the Father’s will.

There’s something in this story for every person who has ever felt blindsided by someone they trusted. A friend who walked away. A partner who changed the rules. A family member who wounded you with familiarity. Betrayal hurts most when it comes dressed as affection.
But Jesus carries that kind of pain too, he knows what it’s like to be kissed and cut in the same moment. And He walks forward anyway because Gethsemane teaches us that Jesus doesn’t just bear the sin of the world, he bears the heartbreak of human relationships. Your heartbreak is not foreign to Him.

  1. Where have you experienced betrayal or disappointment, and how is Jesus meeting you there?
  2. What does responding with love—but also wisdom—look like in painful relationships?
  3. How can you forgive without minimizing the wound?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE FAILURE JESUS DOESN’T HOLD AGAINST YOU

Mark 14:37–42 (NLT) “Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. He said to Peter, ‘Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour?’”

There’s something painfully honest about this moment in Gethsemane. Jesus doesn’t ask His disciples to cast out demons or preach a sermon or perform some heroic act. He asks them to stay awake and be present with Him, but they can’t do it. They’re utterly exhausted by the events which have been taking place. Their eyes are heavy, and their strength is thin. They aren’t trying to abandon Him, they simply reach the edge of their humanity and Jesus sees that. He names it without humiliating them: “The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” That line is less a rebuke and more a diagnosis. It’s Jesus saying, “I know you love me… and I also know you’re limited.” And this is where the good news breaks through: Jesus doesn’t withdraw from them in their moment of failure. He doesn’t choose new disciples, he doesn’t shame them for not being who they think they should be. He simply keeps going, and He carries them with Him.

Eugene Peterson once wrote,
“The Christian life is going to God. And going to God is a long obedience in the same direction.” (A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, 2000 ed., p. 17) That sentence has steadied me more times than I can count. Because “long obedience” doesn’t mean polished obedience. It doesn’t mean unbroken strength or perfect attention; instead it means showing up again tomorrow, even if today you fell asleep in the garden. It means trusting that Jesus keeps watch even when we nod off.

One of the most freeing realizations in the spiritual life is that Jesus doesn’t build His kingdom with people who never fail, He builds it with people who wake up, rub their eyes, and try again. People who love Him, even when they can’t always keep up with Him. People who discover that grace fills the gap between who they want to be and who they are right now. People like you and me. The gospel is not that we are unwaveringly faithful, the gospel is that Jesus is faithful even when we’re tired, distracted, and human.

  1. Where have you felt your own limits recently—and how might Jesus meet you in them?
  2. Who needs patience from you in their exhaustion or weakness?
  3. How does Jesus’ gentleness invite gentleness toward yourself?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE PRAYER WE KNOW BUT RESIST

Mark 14:35–36 (NLT) “‘Abba, Father,’ he cried out, ‘everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.’”

This is the prayer most of us know by heart but struggle to pray with honesty: “Your will be done.” Sometimes praying can feel like gravel in the mouth, hard and uncomfortable. It’s easy to pray for God to change circumstances. It’s much harder to pray for God to change us in the middle of them.

A dad once told me about a long, exhausting season with his teenage son. They kept missing each other, every conversation turning into an argument, every attempt at connection dissolving into silence. His daily prayer was simple: “God, fix him. Make him open up. Help him communicate.” But one night, while praying that same prayer for the hundredth time, he sensed a different invitation: “Would you let Me adjust your expectations first?” He realized he wasn’t praying for relationship, he was praying for his son to become easier. So, he shifted the prayer. Instead of “God, change him,” he prayed, “God, grow me. Make me patient. Make me safe to talk to. Make me someone who listens without rushing to fix.” Nothing dramatic happened overnight. The son didn’t suddenly become expressive or articulate. But something in him changed. He slowed down. He softened. And in that new posture, his son eventually opened up. The circumstance didn’t transform first, the parent did.

This is the move Jesus makes in Gethsemane. He names His desire honestly, “Take this cup away”, but He doesn’t stop there. He keeps praying until His heart is aligned with the Father’s will, not His own.  Three times He returns to the same prayer, not because God is hard of hearing, but because surrender is rarely a single moment. It’s a rhythm and a return to the same desire to the same pain. And sometimes God changes the situation, sometimes God changes the timing, but often God begins by changing us.
And that transformation usually happens in the quiet space where we finally pray, “Not my will, but Yours.”

  1. Where do you feel the tension between your will and God’s?
  2. What would “Your will be done” look like today—not theoretically, but practically?
  3. How might repeated prayer open you to God’s strength?

By Andreas Beccai
Crosswalk Redlands

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THE WEIGHT OF SAYING YES

Mark 14:32–35 (NLT) “He took Peter, James, and John, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. He told them, ‘My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death.’”

Before Jesus ever carries the cross, He carries the weight of choice. Gethsemane is where the real surrender happens, not on Golgotha, but here, in a quiet garden, late at night, when no one is watching.

I think about every woman who says yes to pregnancy and childbirth. That yes is beautiful, but it isn’t naïve. It’s a yes that knows pain is coming. Yes, modern medicine helps. Yes, I’ve never personally experienced labor. But I was in the room with my wife, and all I could think was, every woman who goes through this carries a strength I can’t pretend to understand.
It is a courageous, embodied surrender, a yes to joy that includes a yes to suffering. A yes that knows the cost and chooses love anyway. That’s Gethsemane.

Someone once told me, “The hardest yes is the one you give when you know exactly what it will cost.” Jesus is standing in that kind of yes, a fully aware, fully human, fully vulnerable yes. Mark tells us Jesus is “deeply troubled and distressed.” The Greek carries the sense of being overwhelmed, swallowed up by sorrow. The kind of anguish that makes your knees go weak. And the name of the place matters: Gethsemane, “olive press.” This is where olives are crushed, squeezed until oil runs out. Jesus is being pressed from every side: the weight of betrayal, the loneliness of leadership, the shadow of the cross coming closer. And what flows out of Him under pressure is love that refuses to run. Jesus had a choice, he could have walked away, he could have chosen safety or silence or self-preservation. But He doesn’t. Jesus says yes, knowing the pain, knowing the cost, knowing what the next hours would hold. In the garden, Jesus shows us that surrender isn’t weakness but courage. It’s love with its eyes wide open. And for many of us, that’s exactly where discipleship begins, not at the spectacular moments of faith, but in the quiet, internal decision to say, “Father, I’m willing,” even when we’re terrified.

  1. What costly “yes” is Jesus inviting you to consider?
  2. Where do you feel pressed, and what is emerging through that pressure?
  3. How does Jesus’ vulnerability shape your own honesty before God?

By Andreas Beccai
Crosswalk Redlands

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The Entrance We Didn’t See Coming

INTRODUCTION
The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.

OPENING QUESTION
Have you ever met someone famous? A musician, an athlete, an actor, an author? What was it like meeting them and do you get anything out of it?

HEAD
  1. Read Mark 11:1-25, together and share any wisdom, insights, or thoughts that come to you from the reading.
  2. The way Jesus entered Jerusalem was definitely a fulfillment of a Messianic prophecy. It’s almost as if, knowing his end was near, he was giving the religious leaders permission to do their worst. Why would he put himself out there like this for all to see…during Passover no less, when there were roughly two million Jews in Jerusalem?
  3. Imagine what it was like to be in the crowd during Jesus’ entry; FINALLY, the Messiah had come. After waiting 100’s of years, what must this moment have been like?
  4. Why do you think Jesus cursed the fig tree? Was he hangry or do you think there might be more to the story that first meets the eye?
  5. Jesus had been to the temple in Jerusalem before, at least three times as recorded in the gospels, but others think he would have come yearly. Why choose now to reclaim the temple and drive out the commotion?
  6. Verses 23-25 have often been used to shame people who pray for something but their prayers aren’t answered because they didn’t have “enough faith.” What do you think Jesus is really trying to teach the disciples in this moment, about prayer?

HEART
  1. The temple in Jesus day was a system of barriers, that started in the court where Jesus drove out the money changers.  Some scholars even believe that it would have been so loud in that court, that you couldn’t hear yourself think let alone pray.  Knowing that this court was the only place the Gentiles were allowed to go, what else was might Jesus have been trying to communicate about our access to God?
  2. What have you learned in your life about prayer that has helped you? What is still hard for you or causes you to question?  What do you think God wants from our prayers?

HANDS
This week, try scheduling an hour of time to spend with just God, in prayer. Maybe you spend that time talking, maybe you spent it in silence, maybe you go for a walk in nature, maybe you breathe in and out the name of Jesus.  However you do it, try an hour. It can be hard especially if you’ve never done it before, but find a quiet place and just be with God.

WORDS TO LIVE BY
28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28, NLT

Pastor Paddy McCoy

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THE ROOT WORK OF PRAYER

Mark 11:20–25 (NLT)“The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots.”

If you sit with this passage long enough, one phrase rises to the surface: from the roots. Mark could have said the tree died. He could have said it withered. But he adds that small detail, roots first. Underground first. The hidden place first.

Years ago a counselor told me, “People keep pruning their behavior, but nothing really changes because the roots are unchanged.” That line has become something of a pastoral compass for me. We want new fruit without new roots. We want growth without the slow work of tending the soil. We want resurrection without surrender.
James K.A. Smith puts it this way: “You are what you love, because you live toward what you want” (Desiring the Kingdom, 2009). And our wants, our loves, are formed down deep, in the subterranean places of habit and desire. What you practice in the quiet eventually becomes who you are in public.

This is why Jesus links prayer and forgiveness here. Because unforgiveness is root rot, it poisons the soil of the soul. And prayer, real prayer, is the practice that opens that soil again. It softens what’s compacted. It loosens what’s hardened. It pulls us out of our grudges, resentments, and rehearsed narratives. It makes room for God to breathe again.
It’s funny, the disciples want to talk about miracles, about mountains moving, about dramatic displays of power but Jesus wants to talk about grudges. He knows the real work of transformation begins where no one sees it. Underground. In the roots.

The irony is that we often want God to change the visible parts of our lives, the fruit, the outcomes, the circumstances, without inviting Him to tend the unseen places. But Scripture is consistent: renewal always starts below the surface. In the daily habits. In the quiet surrenders. In the prayers we pray when no one is watching.
Before God grows fruit, He tends roots.

  1. What root issues—fear, resentment, bitterness—need God’s healing?
  2. How are your prayers shaped by unresolved anger or disappointment?
  3. What would it look like to release someone so your heart has room to breathe?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE TABLES THAT STILL NEED TURNING

Mark 11:15–19 (NLT) “Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices… ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.’”

There’s a historic church on the East Coast with a front entrance that looks like something out of a postcard, broad marble steps, arched doors, stained glass catching the afternoon sun. It was the kind of entrance people used for wedding photos, the kind that made the building look dignified and established. Unfortunately those steps were beautiful, but they were also barriers. Anyone in a wheelchair, anyone with a walker, anyone pushing a stroller, anyone healing from surgery, all had to go around the back to the service entrance. The place for deliveries, not dignity. Eventually, the church decided to add a ramp to the front. And some people complained. “It ruins the look.” “It doesn’t fit the architecture.” “It’s not as beautiful anymore.” The pastor responded with a line that has haunted me in the best way: “A building that keeps people out isn’t beautiful. It’s a barrier.”

When Jesus steps into the Temple courts, He sees something similar. He sees an incredibly impressive structure with a proud history. It was a place meant to welcome the world into God’s presence. But the reality on the ground was different, there was price-gouging and exploitative currency exchange. So, people trying to worship were getting squeezed financially. A place built to welcome had become a place that pushed people away. And Jesus decides not to quietly correct it. He flips tables. He shuts down transactions. He quotes Isaiah to remind them who this place was always meant for: “A house of prayer for all nations.” In other words: Everyone gets a front door. No one goes around back. 

Jesus’ anger here is not uncontrolled rage, it is protective love. It’s the love of someone who refuses to let barriers stand between God and God’s people. And if we’re honest, we all have “beautiful barriers.” Habits we defend because they’re familiar, ways of doing church that feel natural to us but confusing to newcomers. Attitudes or preferences we think are harmless but actually keep people at a distance. We’re vigilant about these things at Crosswalk, it’s the reason we started. The Temple needed tables flipped, that church needed a ramp. Because Jesus is still clearing space, still making room, still turning over whatever keeps people out.

  1. What barriers—intentional or not—might you create for others seeking God?
  2. Where might Jesus be overturning tables in your life so someone else can draw closer?
  3. How might you join Jesus in making faith accessible to the overlooked?

By Andreas Beccai
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THE TREE WITH PROMISE BUT NO LIFE

Mark 11:12–14 (NLT) “He noticed a fig tree in full leaf a little way off… but there were only leaves because it was too early in the season for fruit. Then Jesus said to the tree, ‘May no one ever eat your fruit again!’”

I remember the night we landed in Rome—9:37 p.m., jet-lagged, starving, wandering the streets looking for anything open. We found a family-run restaurant that looked perfect. Warm lighting, friendly waiter with the classic silver mustache, the nonna in the back shouting instructions. It felt like we’d stumbled onto a movie set. The plates arrived quickly, beautifully garnished, picture-perfect pasta. But three bites in, my sister-in-law’s face fell. “My food is off,” she whispered. She was right. Everything looked incredible, but something underneath was spoiled. The garnish had covered the truth.

That’s the fig tree Jesus encounters. And here’s the detail most of us miss: In that region, fig trees produce pagim, early edible buds, before they produce full leaves. If a tree had leaves, it should already have pagim. So when Jesus saw the leafy tree, it was essentially advertising fruit. Promising nourishment. Signaling abundance. But when He came close, there was nothing there, it was all appearance with no substance. Leaves without pagim. This story is not Jesus throwing a tantrum at a tree, it’s a living parable. A prophetic sign about what He had just seen the day before in the Temple, activity, ritual, noise, structure… but very little spiritual nourishment. The temple was a system offering the garnish of religion without the fruit of love. 

And this is where it gets uncomfortably close to home. We all have parts of our lives that “leaf out” beautifully, competence, image, busyness, curated spirituality. The outward signs of health show up long before the inward fruit has been cultivated. It’s possible to look impressive from a distance and still be empty up close. The fig tree invites us to an honest inventory: Am I offering leaves or fruit? Do people walk away from me nourished, or hungry? Where am I adding garnish instead of growing pagim? And here’s the grace: Jesus isn’t condemning the desire for fruit. He’s confronting the illusion of it. He isn’t shaming the tree for not being perfect; He’s exposing what prevents real growth. Sometimes God lovingly withers our illusions so something true can grow in their place. Authentic spiritual life always begins beneath the surface, roots, honesty, hidden work, slow growth. Pagim before leaves. Reality before appearance. Not performance. Not garnish. Fruit.

  1. Where in your life do you feel pressure to “look” fruitful instead of “be” fruitful?
  2. What inner work might Jesus be inviting you to return to?
  3. How can you cultivate depth rather than appearance?

By Andreas Beccai
Crosswalk Redlands

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THE KING WHO DISAPPOINTS OUR EXPECTATIONS

Mark 11:7–11 (NLT)“Jesus came to Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After looking around carefully at everything, he left because it was late in the afternoon. Then he returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples.”

At this point in the story the crowd has rolled out a red carpet of cloaks and palm branches. They’re shouting “Hosanna!” expecting Jesus to step into revolution. This is the moment they’ve all been waiting on! And then Jesus enters the Temple, looks around… and leaves. No cleansing. No proclamation. Just quiet observation. It’s the last thing anyone expected.

History gives us a scene that carries the same emotional whiplash. After the Revolutionary War, the entire world watched George Washington, an American legend. Nations assumed he would seize power. Many Americans expected him to accept some form of kingship, that would have been normal. His generals were ready. The nation was his to command. People waited for a triumphant leader to step into ultimate authority. But instead, in 1783, Washington walked into the Maryland State House, handed Congress his military commission, bowed, and went home to his farm. No coronation. No fanfare. Just restraint so shocking that King George III famously said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”

It wasn’t what anyone expected, but it was deeply intentional. Jesus’ quiet entry into the Temple carries that same kind of holy restraint. Jesus isn’t hesitating, rather he’s observing. We know this because Mark tells us He “looked around carefully at everything.” Importantly this is before Jesus' famous episode when he overturns tables. Before that moment he pays attention, so we see Jesus demonstrating that before judgment occurs, there must be deep reflection, before action, clarity.

We struggle with that. We want Jesus to act immediately, decisively, loudly. We want Him to fix it now. But sometimes God’s first move in our lives is to simply look around and to take in the truth of the situation we’re in, to expose what’s broken, to prepare the ground for what He’s about to do next. The crowd expected a Messiah who would storm the Temple instead they got a Messiah who walked in, noticed, and walked back out. And that quiet, intentional pause was not the absence of power, it was the beginning of transformation.

  1. When has Jesus responded differently than you hoped?
  2. How do you react when God pauses instead of moves?
  3. What might Jesus be seeing in your life that you’ve overlooked?

By Andreas Beccai
Crosswalk Redlands

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