Surrounded in Isolation
In these days of cancellations and unfamiliar isolation, we find it necessary to look for ways to battle the real enemies of...
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Four L’s for the day . . . any day – but especially today
To settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit...
Recognizing real bears – and learning to not feed them
It had long been his dream to have a pet bear. When he came into his own, he figured his chance had come at last. He trained that cub...
A Sure Thing
“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two...
How What is to Come is a Blessing Now
Job, a suffering servant of God, in the depths of anguish of flesh, mind and spirit, proclaimed: “And after my skin has been destroyed,...
Underestimating God
Realization pierced the thick fog—permitting light to stream and flood. This realization came about by asking myself one simple question,...
Word Power for Use
"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name...
A Staff in God’s Hands
Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of...
A Has Been That Still Is
What’s brewing around you today, friend? Do you find yourself in the middle of a storm—feeling like there’s no one there to drop anchor?...
Where Disappointment Sends You
It was the last e-mail she ever expected to get. You know–you’ve likely gotten one yourself. That gut-wrenching, heart-breaking,...
Car parts and faith and what one has to do with the other
Headlights—they come in varying degrees of brightness and hues these days. Whether they’re coming at you dead-on or glaring from the...
A Name Packed with Power . . . for Life
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,...
Because you should start a new year with light
Though ancient, these words from the prophet Isaiah sound all too familiar to our modern experience: So justice is far from us, and...
When another decade has come . . . and gone
You’ve probably seen them. Those side-by-side photos paired on social media to signify the open and close of the decade known as the...
When it seems there’s nothing you can do
My momma often said, “There are no easy answers.” Sometimes, when you get bad news, there’s no easy or ready-made solution. Some problems...
A God You Can Trust—Without Question
My phone was clipped to my hip pocket and my earbuds were streaming. I was listening to a favorite podcast during my morning prep...
The Undeniable Cost of Faithfulness—A Lesson from the Prophet Jeremiah
It pricks your heart when you realize the depth of suffering the Lord’s servants endured. And yet, they remained faithful to delivering...
When you find yourself asking, “What happens now?”
So many questions! Maybe one of the questions you find yourself asking is “what’s next” and you’re waiting for an answer
An Ad for Life
“Call to schedule your appointment today,” the advertiser peddled over the morning drive-time radio. It wasn’t for a free inspection,...
Living life to the pulse of faith
This ever-changing life is lived in cycles: of want and plenty, ease and trial, celebration and mourning. With its ups and downs, peaks...
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