In today's guided prayer, Rachel helps us meditate on the spiritual path. So often, when we face hardship or difficulty, we can tend to view it as lonesome and individual. Rachel reminds us today: "The spiritual path is not solitary. It always leads us deeper...
Following the events at the Capitol Building last week, we want to offer several conversations to help us work through how we ought to respond as people of faith and in the spirit "Umbrella Man." For our first conversation, Chris talks with Hank Habicht. Hank is...
As we start a new year, LIDE is also starting a new series: "Let There Be Connection." In this series, we are attempting to address and provide a solution to the difficulties we faced as a community and society in 2020. LIDE holds a strong...
Happy New Year friends! There are plenty of things we can hope for when we enter a new year: motivation to change, productivity, and so on. Today, Rachel offers a chance for self-reflection, and a few minutes to help us remember that God works slowly. Near the...
It's a new year! Chris reflects on what it might look like to cultivate the beautiful and the good in our lives, day in and day out, as we move forward in 2021. "The Gandalf Option" isn't something I came up with on my own. I...
2020. What a year, huh? Today, Rachel leads us through a prayerful review of the year -- where we are encouraged to entertain the possibility that Jesus' loving presence has been with us all year long. As a bonus, we have included a companion piece to this...
We're continuing our interviews with our Community Partners -- finding out what drives them, how our missions overlap, and how we can continue to support the work they are doing. Today, Joel interviews Lesley Snelson, who is the executive director at Muscle Memory Dance Theatre. LIDE...
Rachel ends our Advent prayer series with a meditation on the nativity scene from Luke 2, and a remembrance that God's loving presence is always with us. ...
Merry Xmas (ya filthy animals)! Is Christ above culture? In culture? Opposed to culture? Joel tackles our obsession with turning everything into a battlefield for the culture wars in today's mini-episode. ...
LIDE concludes Advent 2020 with a reflection on love from Rachel. ...