Have you ever had one of those projects where you just felt unsuccessful? Nothing went right. Your plans failed. You didn’t accomplish what you set out to do. Or maybe you’ve had a day like that? I sure have. I planned to get up [...]
Preparing, expecting, anticipating, waiting…. That’s the theme of Advent. A word that is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming.” [1] We wait for the coming return of Jesus and, in the meantime, we prepare, we hope, we yearn, we ache, and we expect. [...]
Have you ever wondered if the mistakes you’ve made are causing your suffering? Is God just giving you what you deserve? If you’ve ever been passed over for a raise, grieved the sudden death of a loved one or been struck with illness maybe you [...]
I remember getting the phone call from my friend early that Saturday morning. I was shocked to hear that our friend had died in a car accident late the night before. But I had just seen her right before she got in the car and [...]
Jesus used the mustard seed as a symbol of something tiny. Did you know that the mustard seed is so small that it takes around 500 of them to make a single gram?! (In western terms, 18,000 in an ounce.) It’s a very small [...]
“Peace in the storm” is the name of the painting. The story goes like this: There was a king who commissioned artists to paint a portrait of peace. His goal was to understand exactly what peace looked like. There were many different works of [...]
Every spring farmers in my area wage a war against rocks. They walk their fields collecting the stones that have risen to the surface during the winter. Pebbles, stones, and rocks—some larger than your head—magically appear year after year. The surprising thing is that [...]
Have you ever had a season of disappointment, unmet expectations, or weary drought? Perhaps you’ve toiled hard on a project but things haven’t gone your way? I’m sure Peter and the other disciples felt like that in John 21. The scene was the sea [...]
Why is solitude with God so important? Why isn’t going to church, joining a small group or attending Bible studies enough? What is it about solitude with God that is so crucial to our relationship with him? Joshua didn’t leave the tent In Exodus [...]
Is there one song that you always associate with Christmas? One hymn that you always look forward to hearing? For me it is “O Come O Come Emmanuel.” There is something about the rhythmic melody and powerful lyrics that always move me to worship. [...]
