How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’ (Is 52:7) These are what I’m going to refer to as mounting days. Because mounted up on significant trials of life is a global pandemic. People are suffering from stress mounted upon stress. Like the stress that comes from a serious diagnosis, being added to the stress of living in the face of a

Over Bethlehem, the hushed skies rumbled above the veil—waiting in anticipation. With the Babe’s first wail, the veil split wide. And, in the profundity of that miraculous moment, curtained skies parted for all to see the hosts of heaven proclaim Glory! And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel s

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? Are you caught in a vortex of raging feelings? What you’re feeling isn’t all there is. Take a moment to breathe-in Romans 5:5: Hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Did you catch the tense? God’s love has been poured out . . . The Holy Spirit has b