This Sunday: Grace in Questions

This Sunday, we’re exploring “Grace in Questions.”

We’re going to hear the story of Nicodemus—a Pharisee, a religious leader, someone who’s supposed to have all the answers. And he comes to Jesus at night with questions.

“How can these things be?” he asks. “How can someone be born again?”

And Jesus doesn’t shame him for asking. Jesus doesn’t say, “You should know this already.” Jesus engages with the questions. He invites the curiosity.

So here’s what I’ve been wondering this week:

What questions are you bringing to God this Lent?

Not the questions you think you’re supposed to ask. Not the safe, Sunday-school questions. The real ones. The hard ones. The ones you’re afraid to say out loud.

Questions like:

• Why does God allow suffering?
• Why do bad things happen to good people?
• Does prayer actually work?
• What if I don’t believe everything I’m supposed to believe?
• What if I’m not sure God is even there?

Here’s the thing: Faith doesn’t require certainty. Faith invites curiosity.

God can handle your questions. God isn’t threatened by your doubts. God doesn’t need you to have it all figured out.

Nicodemus came to Jesus at night—in the darkness, in the hiddenness, when no one else could see. And Jesus met him there.

So bring your questions. Bring your doubts. Bring your confusion. Grace meets us in the asking, not just in the answering.

This Sunday, we’ll sit with Nicodemus and his questions. And we’ll remember that it’s okay not to have all the answers.

See you Sunday.

Grace and peace,
Pastor Travis