WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, Loving people is risky. Not because love is weak.Because people are. Sometimes you pour into someone for years... and they walk away.Sometimes you believe in someone before they believe in themselves... and they forget the people who helped them stand.Sometimes you forgive. You encourage. You sacrifice. You show up. You pray. You carry burdens that aren't yours to carry....
10 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, Your heart will beat about 100,000 times today. You won't think about a single one of them. That's the quietest miracle happening in your body right now. And most of us never even notice it. I spent some time this week at a Christian family camp, standing in front of a room full of people, trying to get them to notice it. Because here's what I told them, and it's the same...
17 days ago • 3 min read
WEEKLY PURSUIT with Ryan Helping you pursue God, people, and purpose - one step at a time. ryanspencerlutz.com Hey friend, I wanted to let you in on something before I share it more broadly. Almost two years ago, I released Rooted Influence. Since then, I've had the opportunity to speak with churches, athletic teams, businesses, schools, and leaders across the country about what it looks like to lead with character, serve people well, and build a lasting legacy. The coolest part hasn't been...
24 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 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...
about 1 month 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....
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 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...
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, 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 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, 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 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, 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...
2 months ago • 3 min read