Sacred Mundane: The Blog

Doing good: That’s what the Second Mile is all about. Instead of dwelling on the stinging cheek, we move forward and offer the other. Instead of throwing ourselves into defending our rights and our stuff, we let go of the tunic and offer the cloak. Instead of huffing and puffing over that first unfair mile, we lift our eyes to the One we really serve and with a little hop in our step we go not just one, but two.

The joy comes in the doing good.Read More

If I’m honest, what I see with my eyes in the world around me looks suuuuuper unfair. Sometimes I can safely distance myself from all that feels wrong, but sooner or later we’re forced to face it and honestly it can seem unbearable. Enter Psalm 73. It’s one of my favorites, and it provides us a blueprint for what this process looks like — giving God our honest agony and reminding our souls of what’s true: It’s good to be near God.Read More

We know that death and disease are not God’s will, He doesn’t delight in those things, but of course we see God working good through crises of all kinds, every single day. So how do we resist evil but not resist the good God is doing? How do we “go the second mile” but still abhor evil the way God does? I usually figure it’s best to answer Scripture’s questions with Scripture. In this case, 1 Peter 4:19 provides us a powerful 3-point outline of how we are to respond to the inevitable evil, unfairness, and even suffering that we encounter in this world. God’s Word gives us exactly what we need! Read More

In this last leg of the Second Mile, we’re talking about GENERAL INJUSTICES. Those things in life that feel maddeningly unfair. The ways that those in authority make demands that feel frustrating. The ways we might feel powerless, enslaved to a certain set of circumstances we don’t have the power to change.Read More