John spent his last days in a prison cell. He was the prophet who baptized Jesus — the one who told everyone the Messiah had finally come — and he was executed at a birthday party, on a king's whim, while Jesus was three towns away healing strangers.

If you have ever prayed hard about something and watched it go the other way anyway — the job, the marriage that got quiet, the kid you're worried about, the parent who's slipping — you know the question that comes next. Is God actually paying attention? Most of us never say it out loud. We just quietly start keeping evidence.

In this series we continue reading Isaiah and Matthew in parallel. Bring your questions. Bring the case you've been building. Whether you've been in church your whole life or you're just curious what's true, there's room for you here — and you may find that the God you thought had failed you is the only one in the room who never did.