Lent is often understood as a season of self-denial and reflection, yet it is also a journey we do not walk alone. In a time marked by uncertainty, unrest, and longing for renewal, this series invites us to remember that God is always with us. This season, as we practice self-examination, we trust that God walks beside us, shaping us more fully into who we are called to be in Jesus for the sake of the kingdom.

In moments of testing and vulnerability, God remains present, strengthening us to choose trust and faithfulness.

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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance observed by Christians as a time of preparation for Easter. Beginning with the imposition of ashes on the foreheads, that symbolizes our own mortality and repentance before God. The practice is a powerful, tangible reminder of the need for humility, reflection, and the turning away from sin toward God as we contemplate the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ash Wednesday invites us into a season of deeper spiritual engagement and renewal. We know that traditional church isn't working for many people, maybe because it isn't exactly what Jesus had in mind when he called his followers to "make disciples."

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From the very beginning, scripture tells us that humanity is made in the image of God. This is what we call the imago Dei. It is one of the most foundational claims of our faith: that every person carries God’s imprint, God’s likeness, God’s sacred mark. And yet, history tells a more complicated story. Not all images have been treated as equally sacred, not all lives have been honored the same, and not all bodies have been welcomed into our imagination of what holiness looks like.

Faith, whether we realize it or not, is shaped by what we learn to see.

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Start Where You Are: A New Year Without the Illusions, a six-week series exploring a deeper kind of renewal, one that isn’t based on resolutions, pressure, or “new year, new me” expectations, but on honesty, grace, courage, and steady spiritual rhythms. Together we’ll honor the ways God is already growing in us, rebuild what’s been neglected, and discover how real change takes root when we let go of the pressure to reinvent ourselves and instead trust the quiet, faithful work of the spirit. This is not a reset. This is renewal that lasts.

God is always doing a new thing, often slowly and quietly. Renewal is learning to trust the Spirit’s ongoing work and taking the next faithful step.

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Start Where You Are: A New Year Without the Illusions, a six-week series exploring a deeper kind of renewal, one that isn’t based on resolutions, pressure, or “new year, new me” expectations, but on honesty, grace, courage, and steady spiritual rhythms. Together we’ll honor the ways God is already growing in us, rebuild what’s been neglected, and discover how real change takes root when we let go of the pressure to reinvent ourselves and instead trust the quiet, faithful work of the spirit. This is not a reset. This is renewal that lasts.

Lasting renewal isn’t built on January intensity but on consistent rhythms, prayer, community, scripture, rest; steady practices that shape the year ahead.

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Start Where You Are: A New Year Without the Illusions, a six-week series exploring a deeper kind of renewal, one that isn’t based on resolutions, pressure, or “new year, new me” expectations, but on honesty, grace, courage, and steady spiritual rhythms. Together we’ll honor the ways God is already growing in us, rebuild what’s been neglected, and discover how real change takes root when we let go of the pressure to reinvent ourselves and instead trust the quiet, faithful work of the spirit. This is not a reset. This is renewal that lasts.

When renewal is real, it reshapes how we think, choose, and show up. God invites us into a transformation rooted not in pressure, but in alignment with divine wisdom.

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Start Where You Are: A New Year Without the Illusions, a six-week series exploring a deeper kind of renewal, one that isn’t based on resolutions, pressure, or “new year, new me” expectations, but on honesty, grace, courage, and steady spiritual rhythms. Together we’ll honor the ways God is already growing in us, rebuild what’s been neglected, and discover how real change takes root when we let go of the pressure to reinvent ourselves and instead trust the quiet, faithful work of the spirit. This is not a reset. This is renewal that lasts.

Real renewal begins with the courage to tell the truth about what’s broken. God meets us in our honesty and strengthens us to rebuild, step by step.

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Start Where You Are: A New Year Without the Illusions, a six-week series exploring a deeper kind of renewal, one that isn’t based on resolutions, pressure, or “new year, new me” expectations, but on honesty, grace, courage, and steady spiritual rhythms. Together we’ll honor the ways God is already growing in us, rebuild what’s been neglected, and discover how real change takes root when we let go of the pressure to reinvent ourselves and instead trust the quiet, faithful work of the spirit.

This is not a reset. This is renewal that lasts. Renewal often looks like returning to the practices and foundations that already bring us life. God invites us to rebuild, not reinvent.

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