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

Someone recently asked me why we start every Immanuel session with a connection experience – either a time when we felt close to God, or a time when we felt gratitude. As he asked, I heard a song from Vacation Bible School begin playing in my head: “I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart! I will enter his courts with praise!” There’s a technical reason why we start Immanuel sessions with connection and gratitude: God designed our brains to relate to Him and othe