Have you ever stayed underwater just long enough that your lungs began to burn, then suddenly you break the surface and pull in that first deep breath. Air rushes in. Your chest expands. Life floods back into your body. In so many ways, that’s the way our lives can feel. We carry stress, grief, pressure, shame, disappointment, and exhaustion until it feels like we’re drowning beneath the weight of it all, desperate just to breathe again.

This Sunday at BCC, we’ll explore what it means to be Raised and how the story of faith is an invitation for all of us to finally breathe again — to breathe deeply the true life God has always intended for us.