Friendship. It’s universally desired but can be surprisingly hard. I’m not talking about the number of friends you have on social media. I’m not even talking about your social group who might end up on a sports team or at a dinner party together. I’m talking about the one or
This week my six-year-old asked me: “How big do you think the computer was that helped God make people?” It was an innocent question and a sweet teaching moment, but it made the contrast of these verses and the norm of our daily life so obvious. “The Lᴏʀᴅ God formed
“So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm. And he said to them, “Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?” They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one
Israel was in trouble. They had continually disobeyed God and done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. God gave Israel over to the people of Midian for seven years. During this time the Israelites made little dens for themselves in the mountains to hide their livestock and
Rest is a complicated idea in 2020. There has been so much turmoil, with both solitude and crisis at every corner, that the idea of rest almost seems impossible. And yet, as we celebrate Advent, I cannot imagine a better passage to dive into today. If you haven’t read the
I think we can all agree that the last many months have been chaotic and unsettling. I’ve found myself paralyzed and consumed by endless news on the coronavirus, social injustice and unrest, and politics. My kids asked if a zombie apocalypse was coming. No. (I mean, I hope not! But,
Have you ever read anything about love languages, or spent some time figuring out how you prefer to receive love? When my husband and I were going through our pre-marital counseling we took a test to see what our love languages were. Over the past fourteen years of marriage I
Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. The God of the universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, one true eternal God gave Jonah very specific instructions to go to Nineveh. And Jonah ran away. Think about that for a minute. It’s quite audacious. As Christians, we often say that
My stepdaughter loves to tell the story of how her dad told her not to worry about the ongoing pain in her arm after she had experienced a fall during a high school soccer game. He assured her she was just bruised up and would feel better in a few
“Look,” he said, “I see heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” – Stephen, Acts 7:56 Stephen had given a history lesson for the books! Enraged from the truth of their deeds being exposed, the Sanhedrin, covering their ears and raising their voices