Weekly Dispatch | Faith That Moves Jun 29-Jul 3, 2026
This week we explored what happens when faith becomes more than agreement.
Well, friends...
By the time you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance I am very close to my next home, at least in the short-term.
Possibly drinking green tea.
Possibly looking for the next rest stop.
Possibly explaining to my friend Sue why carrying extra Bibles and a fanny pack full of little Jesus statues is a perfectly reasonable travel strategy.
The jury remains out on whether she agrees. (But I think she does.)
This week on Faithfully Thinking, we spent a lot of time talking about faith.
Not the bumper sticker version.
Not the church sign version.
Not the version that fits neatly on a coffee mug.
The real thing.
The kind that actually changes people.
And the funny thing is, I didn’t set out to build an entire week around one theme.
It just kept showing up.
Kind of like God tends to do when He’s trying to get my attention.
Monday: When Faith Starts Moving
We kicked off the week by exploring a question that has been debated for centuries:
What exactly is faith?
Along the way, we encountered a couple of theological terms that sound like they were invented by professors who dislike happiness:
Easy Believism.
Antinomianism.
Behind those intimidating words sits a very practical question:
If Jesus has truly changed my eternity, should He also be changing me today?
Scripture’s answer appears to be yes.
Not because works save us.
Because salvation changes us.
Tuesday: Faith, Works, and the Question Nobody Wants to Ask
On Tuesday we looked at the relationship between faith and works.
The New Testament consistently refuses to pit them against one another.
Works do not save us.
But genuine faith produces fruit.
The goal isn’t perfection.
The goal is transformation.
Or, as we discovered:
Fruit is not the root.
The root produces the fruit.
Wednesday: Pistis
Word Nerd Wednesday took us into the Greek word pistis.
Most of us hear “faith” and think belief.
The ancient world often heard trust.
Loyalty.
Faithfulness.
Reliability.
Suddenly a lot of New Testament passages begin to sound richer.
Faith wasn’t merely agreeing with facts.
Faith was placing confidence in a person.
Which explains why Jesus kept inviting people to follow Him instead of merely agreeing with Him.
Thursday: Operation Static Faith
Battle Brief Thursday examined one of the enemy’s favorite tactics:
Reducing faith to information.
Because information alone rarely changes lives.
The enemy doesn’t mind believers collecting Bible facts if those facts never become trust, obedience, or action.
A believer who trusts Christ becomes difficult to discourage.
Difficult to deceive.
Difficult to distract.
That’s why the Shield of Faith remains such a critical piece of armor.
Friday: Somewhere Between Here and There
Friday’s reflection became a little more personal.
As this move unfolds, I’ve been reminded that faith sounds very different when it leaves the pages of Scripture study and enters everyday life.
Faith sounds different when you’re grieving.
Faith sounds different when you’re exhausted.
Faith sounds different when you’re packing up a decade of memories.
Faith sounds different when you’re driving toward a future you can’t fully see.
But maybe that’s where faith was always meant to live.
Not in certainty.
In trust.
Faith Audio Arsenal: Faith That Moves
This week’s FAA release continues our exploration of biblical faith from a different angle. It was released on Thursday at 1530.
Throughout the week, we examined what faith really means, the Greek word pistis, and why following Jesus has always required more than simply agreeing with facts about Him.
“Faith That Moves” is the musical version of that conversation.
A reminder that faith isn’t having every answer, seeing the entire roadmap, or knowing exactly what comes next.
Faith is trusting the One who does.
As this song releases, there’s a good chance I’m somewhere on the road between New York and Washington, learning that lesson in real time.
Give it a listen, turn it up, and let it encourage you wherever God is asking you to take the next step.
What I’m Learning Right Now
Over the last year and a half, I’ve learned something that sounds obvious until you’re forced to live it.
Faith is easy to discuss when life is stable.
Faith becomes real when stability disappears.
When the plans change.
When the resources are thin.
When the future feels unclear.
When the answers don’t arrive on your preferred timeline.
Faith isn’t pretending everything is okay.
Faith is trusting God when everything isn’t okay.
And if we’re being honest, most of us would prefer a detailed roadmap.
With mile markers.
And spreadsheets.
And maybe a downloadable PDF.
God often provides something different.
The next step.
Then another.
Then another.
From the Road
Thank you for sticking with me through these past months.
Many of you have walked alongside me through caregiving, grief, loss, uncertainty, moving chaos, and more packing updates than any reasonable audience should have to endure.
Your prayers, encouragement, comments, and messages have meant more than you know.
Over the coming weeks, I expect there will be a few dispatches and notes that arrive from the road.
Some may include photos.
Some may include stories.
Some may include observations from a woman crossing the country with too many books, extra Bibles, and an apparently growing ministry of distributing tiny Jesuses to unsuspecting strangers.
We’ll see what God does.
Honestly, that’s part of the adventure.
Final Thoughts
If there was one lesson that surfaced repeatedly this week, it was this:
Faith was never meant to sit still.
Faith trusts.
Faith follows.
Faith grows.
Faith moves.
Not because we’re strong.
Because God is faithful.
And sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is take the next step He puts in front of us.
Even when we can’t see much farther than that.
Until next week...
Stay curious.
Stay grounded in Scripture.
Keep asking good questions.
If you happen to spot two women named Sue somewhere along Interstate America carrying spare Bibles and enough tiny Jesuses to start a very small revival, feel free to say hello.
What began as a cross-country move has gradually evolved into what appears to be a mobile discipleship initiative.
Neither of us officially planned that.
The Boss may have had other ideas.
Grace and peace,
Sue
Faithfully Thinking
Holy Snark. Serious Faith. Led by the Holy Spirit.
Love your posts. What can be more true.... If there was one lesson that surfaced repeatedly this week, it was this:
Faith was never meant to sit still.
Faith trusts.
Faith follows.
Faith grows.
Faith moves.
Not because we’re strong.
Because God is faithful.
My faith journey has lasted over six decades. Of late, witnessed personally its power over the last two years, going along with several others over my time on His planet that He made us stewards of. Couple of more near death experiences, incurable chronic neurological disorder (Parkinson's for the last twenty five years) several joint replacement s already in the books and scheduled back surgeries. Hit the bottom of the well twice where I was assured by our Master, my Boss, My Jewish Boss who was born a Jew, Raised as a Jew, taught the truth about Judaism, dies a Jew, came back to life after saving the rest of us and brought us the New Age of all ages., as a Jew Man what a God!