Star for the Journey

strengthening

  • Leave the Spatula Alone

    “But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” (James 1:4) There is a very specific moment in pancake making when wisdom and impatience part company. The pancake has been in the pan for what feels like a perfectly respectable amount of time. The glossy batter around the…

  • Trouble at the Table

    Scripture Focus: “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies…” — Psalm 23:5 There is something almost wonderfully unexpected about the picture David gives us in Psalm 23. The Shepherd does not wait until the enemies have disappeared before setting the table. He does not say, “Once everything settles down, once…