Trying to live within our current capacity while also continuing to grow and transform can feel a lot like piloting a plane; constantly navigating changing conditions, competing demands, and the many factors required to move safely from takeoff to destination. Successful pilots are aware of their own mind and body, the environment around the plane, the people and environment in the plane, the mechanics of the plane, the control panel in the cockpit, and then, in flight, the e

In Psalm 8, the psalmist stands in awe of something almost too large to hold: God has made human beings just a little lower than Himself and crowned them with glory and majesty. Not angels. Not the mountains or the stars he's just finished praising. Us. Fragile, forgetful, frequently failing us. So what exactly is this glory? We know from Genesis that humankind was created in the image of God. Our glory is likely connected to this likeness. We reflect something of who God is.