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A Marketplace of Ideas

A Marketplace of Ideas

"Take these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me. // John 2:16-17...
November 08, 2024
Bittersweet Love

Bittersweet Love

“Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” // Luke 12:48 Growing up close with my...
October 22, 2024
An Extra Plate for the Miracle, Please

An Extra Plate for the Miracle, Please

[T]hey caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. // Luke 5:6-7 I love...
September 04, 2024
Things Are Not Always What They Seem

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

Why have you struck us a blow that cannot be healed? We wait for peace, to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead. // Jeremiah 14:19 At 30,000-something...
July 29, 2024
Stop Overcomplicating Love - Blessed Is She

Stop Overcomplicating Love

And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." // Mark 12:34 My mom had a rule...
June 05, 2024
I Don’t Know Everything...and That’s Okay - Blessed Is She

I Don’t Know Everything...and That’s Okay

He replied, “How can I [understand], unless someone instructs me?” So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. // Acts 8:31 I decided to be a graphic...
April 17, 2024
The Epiphany of the Everyday - Blessed Is She

The Epiphany of the Everyday

They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. // Matthew 2:10-11 I recently had some unfamiliar bouts of anxiety. My body...
January 06, 2024
He Sees Your Story Unfolding - Blessed Is She

He Sees Your Story Unfolding

“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.” // Matthew 5:12 There’s a scene in The Chosen TV Series that I really love.  Jesus has been preparing...
October 31, 2023
He Fills Our Boat - Blessed Is She

He Fills Our Boat

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." // Luke 5:8 My eyes open and...
September 06, 2023
Unexplainable Peace in Unexpected Situations - Blessed Is She

Unexplainable Peace in Unexpected Situations

Had not the LORD been with us—When men rose up against us, then would they have swallowed us alive. // Psalm 124:1-3 I love the unique quiet after Christmas. The...
December 28, 2022
Are You One in Him? - Blessed Is She

Are You One in Him?

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. // Galatians 3:27-28...
October 08, 2022
No Excuses Needed - Blessed Is She

No Excuses Needed

O LORD, you have probed me and you know me; you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. // Psalm 139:1-3 When I...
September 30, 2022