07/07/2026
"Our call as followers of Jesus is to actually walk with our counselees and friends and church members through the valley of the shadow of death. We dive down with them into the stories that feel like death, that feel like they might fall apart, so they don't have to do it alone. This is the path Jesus took. Because Jesus was the forerunner, we know that we won’t meet death when we get closer to these stories. We dive down with people into the places where God has prepared a table before them in the presence of their enemies. But we don't face it alone. We face it with one another. We name it. We look it in the eye. In the presence of our enemies."
Our hope is located in the truth that it's actually through our sufferings- through the things we experience in life that the Lord is bringing near his promises.