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Commitment Series - Redeeming Your Time (Revd David J. Kleinhans)

21 min · 29 de ene de 2026
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This week, we continued our Commitment series, which invites us to align both who we are and what we have with God’s purpose for our life and His Kingd0m. Our focus this week was on redeeming your talent, asking the honest question: Where are we giving our attention? Drawing from Luke 10:38–42, we explored the story of Martha and Mary and what it reveals about distraction, devotion, and choosing what truly matters. Martha’s tension becomes our own as we ask what it looks like to sit at Jesus’ feet in a distracted world.

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