Happy and Blessed 2024!I am so grateful for all of you read and share this with others. This post is a redo of one I did a few years ago that I hope will help each of us navigate the challenges of the new year as we reflect on the scripture references and find both hope and strength. Blessings!We are very close to turning the calendar page that will inaugurate a new year.  In quiet moments after C...  Read More

The One Who Saves Us“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” – 1 Timothy 2:5-6When we think on the identity of Jesus Christ, we find a mystery that surpasses our human understanding—He is fully God and fully man. This truth from scripture is hard to wrap our minds around. Some believe the idea...  Read More

Persevering Faith and the Inheritance We Wait ForChristians live with a unique tension. We are participants in the new covenant, sharing in God’s promises through Jesus. We know that one day, we will experience the fullness of these promises—a new heaven and earth, perfect holiness, and unbroken fellowship with God. But, while these promises are real, we don’t experience them in their completeness...  Read More

Living Every Day Before the Face of GodConsider this scene: the evening news broadcasts footage of a fugitive being arrested, hands bound, being led away as they hide their face from the camera. We may never know the details of their story, but we can understand why someone at this moment would shield themselves from public scrutiny. In a world where image is powerful, no one wants their darkest m...  Read More

When Life Takes Unexpected TurnsLife is full of changes, some of which we choose and others we don’t. Unexpected transitions can be deeply unsettling, and adjusting to sudden change is never easy. But we’re not alone in this struggle. In the Bible, we see stories of individuals facing overwhelming challenges, from Job on the extreme end to just uncertainty of what tomorrow holds. Jesus can help us...  Read More

I was thinking about the ways we communicate with others and how they have shifted dramatically over the past few decades. For example, I remember when we first started using pagers for business communication in the 1980’s. Pagers were a way to communicate quickly without using a telephone. With a pager you could receive a 3-digit code to inform you of some needed action, such as “111 - call home”...  Read More