Photo by Sorin Gheorghita on Unsplash Most of us do not think of traffic as a place of spiritual formation. We think of it as something to survive. The commute can feel like wasted time. Brake lights. Delays. Crowded roads. Ferry lines. School zones. Construction. Weather. Detours. The same route, the same turns, the same waiting, day after day. It can become one of the most frustrating parts of ordinary life because it sits between responsibilities. We are not quite where we were, and we are not yet where we need to be. We are in between. And in-between places can make us restless. We want to arrive. We want to get home. We want to get through it. We want the road to clear, the clock to slow down, the person in front of us to move a little faster. But maybe the commute is not just wasted space. Maybe it is threshold space. A threshold is the place between one room and another. It is the crossing point. The transition. The moment when we move from one part of life into...
Photo by Laura Ohlman on Unsplash We often look for God in the noticeable places. We look for Him in answered prayers, powerful worship moments, clear direction, open doors, sacred spaces, and seasons when life finally seems to make sense. And yes, God meets us there. But He also meets us in the ordinary. He meets us in the routines we repeat, the responsibilities we carry, the tasks we finish, and even the ones we leave undone. He meets us in the quiet places where no one claps, no one notices, and nothing feels especially spiritual. This series, Faithfulness in the Ordinary, is an invitation to notice holy ground in daily life. Not because every moment feels beautiful. Not because every task feels meaningful. Not because ordinary life is always easy to embrace. But because God is present in the lives we actually live. Before we talk about the sink full of dishes, we need to remember this: faithfulness is not only formed in big decisions. It is formed in small repeate...