Thursday – Act On It – Working Well
Today we’ll see some examples of building our work on God’s foundation. We’ll look at four main categories of work: offered to God, or redeemed, subverted, or challenged for God. Offered: I knew an animator who I asked to design the opening credits for Redeem the Commute, and some other projects. She excitedly said yes, […]
Thursday – Act On It – Working Badly
We’ve looked at two extreme approaches to work: work to get it over with, and work as our ultimate goal. Both extremes are sandy foundations for life. They wash away when the rains come, parliament changes the retirement age, or markets crash and change our industry forever. Work reveals our foundations in life – what […]
Thursday – Act On It – We Need Work
There are two extreme approaches to work: 1) Work is necessary evil. Do just enough so I never have to work again. 2) Work is the ultimate good to pursue. We’ll look in depth at these two kinds of extreme approaches to work next week, and how they can damage us, then the next week, […]
EPIC: Nehemiah – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the Book of Nehemiah, the story of a leader who rebuilt the city of Jerusalem after a dark […]
EPIC: Esther – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Esther, a Jewish woman made Babylonian Queen, who intervened to save her people. We’ve already […]
EPIC: Ezekiel – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying I asked yesterday what needed to happen to God’s people for them to experience God’s kingdom as described […]
EPIC: Son of Man – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying a vision in the Book of Daniel, where we get a glimpse of how God, the Ancient of […]
EPIC: God in the Fiery Furnace – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying All kinds of ways the powers that be can insist on adherence to certain beliefs. One Christian writer, […]
EPIC: Jeremiah – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying People needed to know that even when the temple was destroyed, they were expelled from their land with […]
EPIC: Jonah – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Jonah, a prophet in the Old Testament who tried to run away from his God-given […]
EPIC: Isaiah – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying a section from the prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament, where he describes a “suffering servant.” This may […]
EPIC: David & Goliath – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of David and Goliath. Asked yesterday what this had to do with Jesus. On […]
EPIC: David Anointed King – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying how a young man named David found out he’d be the King of Israel. Displeased with the current […]
EPIC: Ruth and Naomi – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the story of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz – two women with no future, who meet a generous landowner […]
EPIC: Ten Commandments – Thursday
Welcome to Redeem the Commute. I’m Ryan, your host for this daily challenge. It’s Thursday, the day we try to apply and live out what we’ve learned this week from the Bible. This week we’ve been studying the early days of Israel’s nationhood. They had just escaped slavery in Egypt, God led them through the […]