WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, I've been thinking a lot this week about what great leaders actually build. Our culture tells us to build bigger platforms.Bigger businesses.Bigger ministries.Bigger bank accounts.Bigger influence. And while none of those things are inherently bad... I don't think they're the greatest measure of success. The greatest leaders don't simply build organizations...They build...
12 days ago • 1 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, Have you ever worked really hard on something... only to realize that no matter how much effort you put into it, you simply couldn't produce the outcome you were hoping for? I've been reminded this week that there are some things only God can do. In the Old Testament, one of the words used for the Spirit of God is ruah. It's a beautiful word that means breath or wind....
19 days ago • 2 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, This past Sunday, we spent some time talking about legacy. When most people hear that word, they think about accomplishments, success, influence, or what they'll be remembered for after they're gone. We tend to measure legacy by what we've built, what we've achieved, or what we've accumulated. But the more I've thought about it, the more convinced I am that the greatest...
26 days ago • 2 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, I've been thinking a lot lately about how following Jesus is usually less about giant leaps and more about small steps. Sometimes we imagine that faith begins when we have everything figured out. When all our questions are answered. When we've cleaned up our lives. When we're finally "ready." But that's rarely how it works. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus had a simple...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, This week, my friend Luis sent me a song called Carpenter Boy by Caleb King. And honestly, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. The song paints this beautiful picture of Jesus, not just as the Savior on the cross, but as the Carpenter from Bethlehem. The One who grew up with wood in His hands. The One who knew the sound of tools, the weight of timber, the sting...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, This week’s Weekly Pursuit is based loosely on the message I shared at my dad’s celebration of life. I titled it, “Life’s Not Fair.” And honestly, that phrase has been running through my mind a lot over the last 22 months. Brain cancer is not fair.Watching someone you love suffer is not fair.Having hard conversations you never wanted to have is not fair. Saying goodbye...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, There are moments in life when words feel both necessary and impossible. Writing has become one of the ways I process life, faith, grief, gratitude, and the things God is teaching me along the way. But this one is different. This one is heavier. This one is personal. My dad was more than my dad. He was one of my greatest coaches, teachers, examples, encouragers, and...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, Last week, we talked about faith being formed in the fire - how God does not waste the difficult places, and how He is present with us even when life feels heavy, uncertain, or overwhelming. This week, I keep coming back to this simple thought: If God is with us in the fire, then we can talk to Him in the fire. That’s what prayer really is. It’s not religious performance....
2 months ago • 2 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, I’ve been thinking about the kind of faith that doesn’t just sound good in theory, but actually holds up in real life. Because let’s be honest - it’s one thing to talk about faith when everything feels settled. It’s another thing to live by faith when life feels uncertain, painful, confusing, or just heavier than you expected. That’s where faith gets tested. But I’m...
3 months ago • 2 min read