A Prayer to Root Out Pride

An annual autumn road trip through the mountains, timed perfectly the first year — vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows painting every hillside, photos capturing what felt like a peak moment. And then the exact same week the following year: bare branches, rain-soaked leaves on the ...  Show more

Growing up with only four books — a dictionary, two language dictionaries, and Grimms’ Fairy Tales — could have been a limitation. Instead, it became the foundation for a love of learning that was then passed down to the next generation. When those four books are all you have, yo ...  Show more

Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to talk to you about a very important theme—namely, pride and its antidote. I don’t know a spiritual teacher who doesn’t say that the fundamental problem we have is pride; it is the most deadly of the deadly sins. ...

Pride can sneak in and destroy our trust in God before we even realize it. In today’s message, we look at the life of King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4, and how insane pride can lead to insane downfall — but also how God's mercy can restore us. Don’t miss this powerful reminder tha ...  Show more

"I don't... think... I'm prideful...?" Great! If you examine your actions and intentions and you don't detect any obvious pride, that's a wonderful thing. But as each one of us grows deeper in relationship with Jesus, he will reveal ever more nuanced ways that pride can sneak its ...  Show more

In this week's episode -- the first episode in our "overcomers" series -- we will discuss the dangers of pride, what scripture says about pride, and how to overcome it with a correct understanding of God, the Perfect Gift Giver. The scripture we will cover this w ...