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…
From the beginning, Scripture is soaked in blood. Not gratuitously. Not carelessly. But deliberately. Blood appears wherever life is weighed, where trust is tested, where obedience is costly. And yet — not all blood is…
How the Gospel of John Echoes the Tabernacle The tabernacle was no ordinary tent. It was where heaven stooped low — where the presence of God met His people in the wilderness. Every item, every…
Traces of failure, threads of mercy, and the One who fulfills it all God’s instructions for the Ark of the Covenant were precise. Acacia wood, overlaid with gold. Rings for carrying. A Mercy Seat above,…
Before the gospel became a message we believed, it was a proclamation people heard. Not whispered in quiet corners. Announced in public spaces. Carried by messengers. Declared after decisive victories. In the Greco-Roman world, the word euangelion (εὐαγγέλιον) meant…
https://christinemchappell.com/blog/preparing-your-heart-for-reading-the-bible-free-printable/ Some prayers come in crisis. Others in confusion. But the IOUS prayer — Incline, Open, Unite, Satisfy — is a prayer for every day recommended by John Piper. It’s not a formula. It’s not a fix. It’s…
Garden & River Series: Article 5 of 6 The Garden Gate Every garden has a gate. Not a barrier to keep us out, but a threshold that asks a question: Are you willing to trust…
From sorrow to starlight. From manger to Magi. 1. Rachel’s Tears: A Land Soaked in Sorrow Genesis 35:19–21 · Jeremiah 31:15 · Matthew 2:18 Long before angels sang, a woman wept on the outskirts of…
