Posts by Charis Tucker

Have you ever wondered where some of our everyday things have come from? The problem with urban living is that we have become really disconnected with how our food is made and produced. Luckily, I grew up in farm country. This led to lots of “peeks behind the curtain”. It led to a lot of “what the heck”?! For example, who decided that a burnt tree pod made amazing bean juice (aka coffee). Who looked at an oyster (raw no…

Pastor Kim made a comment to me that has stuck with me, and frankly it has seriously shaken me. He told me that the biggest adjustment in moving back to the States, was leaving a country where everyone was at least coming to the table with an agreement that there is a God (even if we don’t believe in the same God). But here in the US, that foundational truth is not a given. Think about that for a second.…

I don’t know about you, but for me the book of Job has always been an incredibly hard book in the Bible to get through. I often find myself speed reading through it, only glazing over the salient points just so I can finish it as quickly as possible and move on to something less uncomfortable. But lately I have begun to view that book very differently. There are several incredibly important lessons in the book of Job, beyond the…

I love to garden. I am still not especially proficient at it, and every season is a new trial and error. But there is something incredibly grounding and humbling about taking a small insignificant seed, giving it an environment to grow and a bit of attention and watching it transform into something that in turn produces something of value itself. I have also found that the more time that I spend in my garden, the more that I grow in…

Psalm 71:14 “As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more”. John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”                   In this world you will have trouble. I have always taken this as a promise, as much as a warning. Throughout the gospels we are told over and over that we…