Star for the Journey

forgiveness

  • When the Light Hits the Dust

    A beam of sunlight slipped into my living room one day and did what sunlight always does when it’s feeling bold—it told the truth. It lit up dust. Dog hair. Little evidence of life I hadn’t noticed… or maybe had noticed and quietly ignored. You know how it is. When the light isn’t hitting things…

  • The Quiet Work of Self-Examination

    Pull up a chair for a moment… It’s remarkable how quickly our eyes sharpen when someone else falters. A small misstep, an irritating habit, a careless word—and without even thinking, we slip into the role of critic. Our minds rehearse their faults with surprising clarity, and before long we feel justified in the quiet grumbling…

  • Broken Chains

    When I picture the story of the “most lost man in the Bible,” it doesn’t begin in a graveyard. It begins in a storm. Jesus and His disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee when a violent squall exploded over them. Seasoned fishermen—men who had grown up on that water—were sure they were going to…

  • Fireside Reflection on the Family of God

    Pull your chair for this one—because the word we’re about to touch is tender for almost everybody: family. For some, that word feels like a warm quilt—shared meals, inside jokes, people who show up. For others, it feels more like a bruise—silences that never got healed, words that went too deep, empty chairs that still…

  • Life Changes: How the Gospel Is Changing My Life

    When I look back over my life, I don’t see one big, dramatic moment where everything suddenly became perfect. I see countless small mercies, like gentle waves, reshaping the shoreline of who I am. I see how the Lord has taken what was broken, restless, and unsure and has been patiently trading it for peace,…

  • Heart of Flesh

    (Inspired by Ezekiel 36:26–27 “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk…