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Day 11 – When What You Think and Feel Don’t Matter

Read 2 Timothy 4:2-5 Reflect Ever try to return something to a store, only to discover you have missed the return deadline? You can complain and disagree, but you missed it. I walk away thinking “I wish their return policy was different”, “their refund policy should be different” (okay, sometimes I even think other things…). […]

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Day 8 – What If This Is True For You?

Read Luke 23: 32-43 Reflect When was the last time you were so hurt or frustrated you weren’t sure what was going to come out next?  What did you feel? How did it end? When was the last time you hurt someone and the only thing you could do was ask for forgiveness?  How did

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Day 7 – The Hidden Side of Belief

Read Matthew 28:16-20 Reflect You often hear people say that to believe in Jesus to become a Christian. And in many ways that’s true. But belief works both ways. One of the things few Christians talk about is that God also believes in us. Just look at the scene in today’s scripture passage. Jesus is

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Day 6 – Why Your Doubts Don’t Disqualify You

Read Matthew 28:9-10; 16-17 Reflect We’ve been working through the resurrection story this week on Your Next 40 Days. I wonder if at any point this week you thought: If I only could have been there 2000 years ago and seen it for myself, I would have believed. But I didn’t see it for myself,

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Day 5 – Truth or Fiction?

Read Matthew 28:5-7, 16-17 Reflect I love books. I love the experience of reading books; turning the pages, writing notes in the margins and highlighting parts in yellow. Ironically, you’re likely reading this on a laptop, tablet or smart phone… but I still love books. So naturally I like bookstores. I like the smell, the

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Day 2 – And Then The Earthquake Hit

Read Matthew 28: 1-3 Reflect Ever been in an earthquake? The worst I’ve ever experienced happened when I was a student living in Toronto. I felt the apartment shake. The plates rattled and the floor shook, but then I went on with the day. My guess is your day didn’t start with an earthquake (at

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Why You'll Regret Not Inviting Your Friend This Easter

  When you invite a friend this Easter, their experience is going to be so great that they won’t be able to resist coming back. Every year, our creative teams kick things into high gear for Easter. Why? They’re so passionate about creating a great experience for your friends they can’t help themselves! In fact,

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9 Reasons We Do Church The Way We Do at Connexus

We get questions about why we do church the way we do all the time. Why the band? Why the lights? How come the preacher is so ‘clear’ (as opposed to being more traditionally unclear)? Why do you emphasize kids and student ministry so much? While our approach raises some great questions, it also seems

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