Have you ever tried to stay warm or cook a burger with just one lonely charcoal briquette?

It glows for a little while…

looks impressive…

convinces itself it’s doing just fine…

But eventually — slowly — what once was white hot goes cold.

This isn’t just true for charcoal briquettes; it is true for faith as well.

This Sunday we begin our Lenten series, Healthy Heart Habits, exploring not self-improvement or religious performance, but the rhythms of grace through which God forms a healthy heart in Christ. Because a healthy heart doesn’t happen by accident—it is formed by grace.

Week one focuses on The Connection. Hebrews 10 reminds us, “Do not neglect meeting together…” — not because God is keeping attendance records, but because isolated faith becomes fragile faith. Christ didn’t just save individuals — He formed a body. We are invited to draw near together, hold fast together, and stir up one another in faith and love.

Lent begins not with trying harder, but with reconnecting—to Christ and to His people.

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Pr. Wes Asheim