About Reflecting the Image
For many years, Reflecting the Image has been my place to quietly meet with God through His Word. What began as a simple discipline of reading Scripture, listening, and writing has grown into thousands of daily reflections.
These reflections follow a simple pattern known as SOAP:
- Scripture
- Observation
- Application
- Prayer
I first learned this approach through Wayne Cordeiro’s The Divine Mentor. Over the years, it has become much more than a method. It has become a rhythm of life.
The entries you will find here are not polished sermons or academic papers. They are the fruit of daily encounters with Scripture. Sometimes they are shaped by a passage that has challenged me. Sometimes they arise from a conversation, a journey, or an unexpected moment in ministry. More often than not, I begin writing without knowing where the Lord will lead, allowing the Holy Spirit to shape the reflection along the way.
Why “Reflecting the Image”?
The title comes from one of the great themes of Scripture—that humanity was created in the image of God and that, through Jesus Christ, God is restoring that image within us.
For many years I have been drawn to the beautiful way the early Cappadocian Christians understood Jesus’ parable of the lost coin (Luke 15). They saw the lost coin as more than a story about something misplaced. The coin bears the image of the king. Though the image may become obscured, or even lost, it is not destroyed. Through Christ and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit, God seeks, restores, and renews His image in us.
That vision has shaped my life, my ministry, and the reflections shared here.
My prayer is that, as we spend time together in God’s Word, we will all be transformed more fully into the image of Christ.
About Me
I have had the privilege of serving Christ in many different settings—as a missionary, pastor, seminary president, teacher, and now as a General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Every one of those experiences has deepened my conviction that God’s Word is living and active and that the Holy Spirit continues to form us into the likeness of Jesus.
Yet the most important part of my life is much simpler than any title I have held.
Each morning, I open the Scriptures with the expectation that God still speaks.
These reflections are simply an invitation for you to join me in that daily journey.
Blessings,
Carla Sunberg
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