The Lord has… Enabled me to serve “I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.” — 1 Timothy 1:12 Empowered me…
"For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob and will yet choose Israel..." (Isaiah 14:1) Imagine a person saying to his or her spouse after many difficult years and saying, "If I had the chance…
When God Uses Converging Thresholds to Shape One Life For those who feel as though every part of life is changing at once. May you discover that what feels fragmented may, in God’s hands, be…
Christians have always had to think through how to engage with the culture around them, especially when cultural practices have some connection to other religions. Our church recently had occasion to think about this in…
Proverbs 7. The adulterous woman in Proverbs 7 is a personification of temptation, folly, and sin. (The picture of sin as a woman is used because this chapter continues a father's instruction to his son.…
What This First Month of Motherhood Has Taught Me About Daily Bread Life in Smaller Units This past month has reduced life into smaller units than I am used to. A few hours of sleep.…
What the first week of holding my child revealed about the God who held me first There is a strange stillness in the first week of motherhood. The world narrows to the rhythm of a…
1 Thessalonians 1:3 People may never open the Bible. But they will read your life. Not once. Not occasionally. Every day. And whether you intend it or not, your life is making something believable. Your…
The popular narrative is that we are to live our lives and share our faith. That is, we are to go about living our lives while looking for opportunities to share our faith. This makes…
Lessons From The Lives Of Aquila & Priscilla Acts 18:1-3,18,19,26; Romans 16:3-5; 1Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19 September 2024. Dear Younger Self, Later this month it will be seventeen years since the Lord called me…
