Faith & Life

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May 12, 2026 Faith & Life

Take the Best Horse and Go

The word gospel has been used so many times it has lost its edges, but it started as a military announcement carried by the fastest rider to the farthest battlefield. This is what the word actually meant, where it came from, and what it means to carry it today.

— Dillon Sluss · 6 min read

Apr 19, 2026 Faith & Life

850 Minutes

The 850 minutes we spend scrolling are often the symptom of a heart that has either stopped caring or is trying to numb the pain of a world that demands too much.

— Dillon Sluss · 8 min read

Apr 19, 2026 Faith & Life

Ankle Deep

— Dillon Sluss · 8 min read

Apr 18, 2026 Faith & Life

Declared Blessed

— Dillon Sluss · 4 min read

Apr 17, 2026 Faith & Life

When the Soul Stirs

The ground breaks open not because we finally got our act together, but because the God who commands the winter is the same God who commands the thaw.

— Dillon Sluss · 7 min read

Apr 16, 2026 Faith & Life

God Is Not a Search Engine

When we approach prayer primarily as a transaction, we bypass all of that. A transaction requires nothing of you emotionally. You don't have to locate yourself. You don't have to be honest about where you actually are, as opposed to where you think you should be. You just submit the request and wait for processing.

— Dillon Sluss · min read

Apr 15, 2026 Faith & Life

Feasting on Hope

Hope is a more powerful catalyst than doom.

— Dillon Sluss · 6 min read

Apr 12, 2026 Faith & Life

Beyond Holy Week: The Eighth Day

The fundamental shift from passive reception to active proclamation is the true mark of a life lived in the New Creation.

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read

Apr 11, 2026 Faith & Life

Beyond Holy Week: The Scandal of the Open Table

If the tomb is empty, the rules of scarcity, the reign of evil, and the social walls of separation have been fundamentally dismantled by our Savior who was our example.

— Dillon Sluss · 4 min read

Apr 11, 2026 Faith & Life

Beyond Holy Week: The Hidden Life

If our faith only shows up when the church crowd is watching, is it truly alive? Or is it just a seasonal costume we wear?

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read

Apr 10, 2026 Faith & Life

Beyond Holy Week: The Resurrection Behind Lock and Key

We acknowledge the victory of Christ in our theology, but we inhabit the defeat of anxiety in our biology.

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read

Apr 8, 2026 Faith & Life

Beyond Holy Week: The Digital Exodus

Our faith shouldn't be a photo op or a brief burst of godliness before we let a hyper-connected world take the wheel again.

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read

Apr 7, 2026 Faith & Life

Beyond Holy Week: The Daily Interruption

Jesus doesn't pray for us to interrupt our lives for a single Holy Week. He prays for every single one of our weeks to be interrupted by eternal life.

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read

Mar 31, 2026 Faith & Life

The Kingdom You Were Made For : The Unexpected Kingdom of Jesus

— Dillon Sluss · 6 min read

Mar 31, 2026 Faith & Life

Winter of the Soul

What if, instead of adding more noise to your life this month, you allowed for a sacred dormancy?

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read

Mar 30, 2026 Faith & Life

Imitating Jesus Through Bodily Discipline

— Dillon Sluss · 5 min read