Ordinary Faith | Telling the Truth in the Ordinary

Imagine this: You get poor feedback at work, or you get a poorer grade on a test than you thought. You are more winded after a workout than you thought. You find out something you said a week ago actually rubbed a friend the wrong way. Bumping up against the truth like this is ordinary, but how often do we make confessing and surrendering to the truth ordinary? Those are not the same thing. In reality, we often find telling the truth to be a nuisance. It contradicts our self-image, or it gives us something to fix. We often would rather suppress it than surrender to it. But what if ordinary moments of being confronted with the truth are more than just annoyances, but are good for our soul? What if those moments can become sacred because they draw us into God’s love in a way we can’t do when we ignore them? In this sermon, Pastor Joel talks about why we need to make telling the truth ordinary, and how it opens pathways of healing to us when we do.