Blog

Take a few moments. Pause and think about little things in life. Things that are simple and easy to forget. Yet important. Helpful. Good. Little things that give us joy. The funny meme your friend sent you. The toast with just the right amount of butter. The sunshine coming through the window. Your new shoes….

Words can have so much power. They can tear down and destroy. Or they can build up and inspire. We’re using words all the time. We’re constantly communicating verbally and in print. Much of it seems neutral. Much of it is downright nasty. Because words can hurt. There’s an art to communication. A way of…

We live in a culture of screaming and fighting. It seems like, in order to engage with important and timely issues, you’re required to ridicule those who disagree, overstate every position, and scream as loudly as you can in order to be heard. Wouldn’t it be great if we could engage without the bitterness? God…

It is important to live humbly. Jesus commends the meek. However, that doesn’t ever mean that Christians are supposed to be push-overs. Turning the other cheek doesn’t mean you’re a doormat with no backbone. Followers of Jesus have tremendous hope. They have access to divine strength. They are forgiven, saved, unconditionally loved, secure in the…

Do you ever feel like your faith is stuck? Not going anywhere? It’s great to have a stronger faith, but strong faith doesn’t grow overnight. Neither do plants. Neither do kids. Nothing becomes full-grown overnight. You can be patient with your faith-life. God’s Word makes it grow. Stay in the Word. With time, by God’s…

You can’t do it. What’s done is done. You can’t go back and change what has happened. You can’t undo the hurt or the regret. You can’t. But God can. He takes it all away. He sends it out where it will never be seen again. He will never remember it. Never bring it up….