Welcome! Brett Lilly is Lead Pastor at New Life Church of Woodbury, MN. Pastor Brett desires to “continue the conversation” beyond Sunday morning and, through this blog, delve more in depth into topics and truths that impact our lives today.
There has been no other time in our modern history where the world has been shaken the way that it is right now. The uniqueness of this shaking is that not only are the moors of our global society being rocked but this shaking has rippled its way into every one of our lives. Nobody …
Is it wrong to be envious? We are told to put it aside. We are told there are things we shouldn’t envy. It is something that we all deal with. Aristotle defined envy as pain at the sight of another’s good fortune, stirred by “those who have what we ought to have.” I have to …
Do you have a standard by which you live your life? The answer is yes, you do. So what is it? You may not have any idea. Yet each one of us does. We have a lens that we see the whole world through. It is how we perceive situations, how we analyze others, and …
I often think that I can accomplish what I need to do in life all on my own. I have tried many times. It has never actually worked out. When I look back at my life I have come to realize that the big moments really had nothing to do with me. I mean I …