Anabaptist LensLines™

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

Luke 12:13-21, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.

Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

1:2-10 insists that faith means following Jesus, even when it costs—today, not someday.

2:23-32 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

65 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

In Psalm 1, God forms a people who carry peace into conflict—today, not someday.

If Philippians 3:4b-14 feels unrealistic, it may be because we’ve normalized what Christ calls sin.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

1:2-10 confronts our violence—if we excuse harm, we haven’t understood Jesus—today, not someday.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

32:1-3a, 6-15 refuses a private discipleship; obedience must be visible—today, not someday.

66:1-12 calls the community to visible discipleship—Jesus’ way embodied, not merely admired—today, not someday.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

: In the way of Jesus, it calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, the kingdom is practiced: enemy-love, simplicity, and truth-telling in public—today, not someday.

: In the way of Jesus, it doesn’t flatter us—calls the community to costly discipleship and peaceable witness.

119:137-144 invites us to mutual aid—no one follows Jesus alone—today, not someday.