The Long Game of Seeing Clearly
In Acts 1, the disciples stand beneath the ascension of Jesus, frozen between wonder and responsibility, memory and mission. But the angels interrupt their fixation with a simple question: “Why do you stand here looking into the sky?” In this study Terry explores nostalgia, anxiety, spiritual distraction, and the temptation to linger emotionally where God is already calling us forward. From home movies and road trips to GPS recalculations and concert crowds filming moments they never truly inhabit, “The Long Game of Seeing Clearly” asks what it means to stop staring upward and begin walking faithfully into the ordinary faithfulness directly in front of us.
Series Information
Lent through Pentecost traces the long road of Jesus toward Jerusalem — toward suffering, surrender, resurrection, and ultimately the sending of the Spirit. Again and again, the disciples misunderstand the path. They expect quick victory, visible power, and immediate clarity. Instead, Jesus keeps leading them deeper into a Kingdom that moves differently than the world expects. In this series, Terry walks us through the slower rhythms of faith — waiting instead of rushing, trusting instead of controlling, and discovering, often later than we expected, that resurrection was already moving beneath the surface. From ashes to fire, from wilderness to empty tomb, from fear to witness, The Long Game invites us to follow Jesus not merely toward Easter morning, but toward the kind of life that can only be formed over time.