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The Real Dilemma of Our Age—And the Hope That Still Holds Us

People today live with a strange mixture of the familiar and the unfamiliar. The old landmarks of human experience still stand—birth, love, loss, joy, sorrow, choices, and consequences. These things have shaped every generation since Adam drew his first breath. “There is no new thing under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9), and in many ways the…
Fitly Spoken: Learning the Language of Grace

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 25:11“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” Have you ever had one of those days when you replay a conversation in your mind and think, Why did I say it like that? It might’ve been a sharp reply to a family member, a sigh that sounded…
When the Sky Breaks Open

Inspired by Luke 21:36 “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Watch—for the shadows grow long,and the air hums with the tremor of things unseen.The earth shifts underfoot,and the nations hold their…
The Way Out Is Not Where You Think

There are days when the mind feels like a locked roomwith no windows—just echoes,shadows,and the long, dull hum of thoughtsthat refuse to grow quiet. You reach for joy,but it slips like water through clenched fingers.You reach for strength,but the cupboard of your soul sits emptied,its shelves coated with the dust of unanswered prayers. Depression calls…
When Words Fall Short

Scripture Focus: Job 2:13“So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.” Have you ever watched someone you care about walk through a kind of pain you cannot fix? You can’t unsay the cruel…
You Must Bend Before You Bloom

Scripture Focus: John 15:5“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” There’s a quiet struggle in many of our hearts—the pull between wanting to grow and wanting to stay exactly as we are.…
Made for More

Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 5:17“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Before the butterfly takes flight in a burst of color and grace, it begins as something much simpler—slow, grounded, and far from glamorous. A little like how many…
Lies We Tell Ourselves & Love That Tells the Truth

Scripture Focus: Hosea 10:13“Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.” Life can get strange sometimes. One moment we’re feeling centered, steady, and spiritually clear—and the next we’re tangled in frustration, insecurity, and/or expectations…
Trading Burdens for Belonging

Scripture Focus: Matthew 11:28–30“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”…
Ten Steps Earlier

There’s nothing gentle about Proverbs 4:14–15. “Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.” It almost sounds like the Spirit is stacking verbs for those of us who are tempted to think, I’ll be…