When the World Feels Heavy The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  (Psalm 34:18, NIV) The ache of another month October has been a heavy month for our world. Another month where headlines seemed soaked with sorrow: war still raging in Ukraine, fragile ceasefires flickering in Gaza, and nations trembling under the weight of division, inflation, and mistrust. It is hard not to feel the weariness of it all. Sometimes I sit down to read

The Nicene Creed concludes by turning from the work of God to the people of God. After confessing faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we now declare what it means to belong to the community that bears God’s name. The Church is not an afterthought in the story of salvation. It is the visible expression of God’s plan to gather His people into one body through Christ and by the Spirit. When we say, “We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowle

The Nicene Creed reaches its third great movement with the confession of the Holy Spirit. Having spoken of the Father who creates and the Son who redeems, the Creed now turns to the Spirit who gives life, sanctifies, and sustains the Church. This section is shorter than the one about Christ, but it is no less important. Without the Spirit, the truths of the Creed would remain distant ideas. It is the Spirit who makes faith alive in our hearts, who unites us to Christ, and who