Send us a text A single word carved into stone by an 18-year-old prisoner still speaks across centuries: endure. We open with the stark beauty and spiritual barrenness of France, then move into the Huguenot story and Marie Durand’s 38-year stand in the Tower of Constance. From there, we connect past courage to present resilience, unpacking Peter’s charge to “make every effort” and exploring why endurance sits at the heart of a mature, fruitful faith. Together we define steadfastness the way ...
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Send us a text A single word carved into stone by an 18-year-old prisoner still speaks across centuries: endure. We open with the stark beauty and spiritual barrenness of France, then move into the Huguenot story and Marie Durand’s 38-year stand in the Tower of Constance. From there, we connect past courage to present resilience, unpacking Peter’s charge to “make every effort” and exploring why endurance sits at the heart of a mature, fruitful faith. Together we define steadfastness the way ...
Thomas Jefferson Bowen: When Fairytales Finally Come True
Weekly Wisdom with Stephen Davey
33 minutes
6 months ago
Thomas Jefferson Bowen: When Fairytales Finally Come True
Fairy tales always end with "happily ever after," but real life rarely follows that script. What happens when God allows suffering to persist without resolution? When the pain doesn't subside and the happy ending seems forever out of reach? Through the lens of an animated movie watched with his young daughter, we're invited to consider the stark contrast between fairy tale endings and the reality of human suffering. While we love to focus on Job's restoration in chapter 42, we often gloss ov...
Weekly Wisdom with Stephen Davey
Send us a text A single word carved into stone by an 18-year-old prisoner still speaks across centuries: endure. We open with the stark beauty and spiritual barrenness of France, then move into the Huguenot story and Marie Durand’s 38-year stand in the Tower of Constance. From there, we connect past courage to present resilience, unpacking Peter’s charge to “make every effort” and exploring why endurance sits at the heart of a mature, fruitful faith. Together we define steadfastness the way ...