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Time is Running Out!

Time is Running Out!

I tell you, brothers and sisters, the time is running out [ . . . ] For the world in its present form is passing away. // 1 Corinthians 7:29;...
January 20, 2024
Yes, There Will Be Sprinkle Donuts

Yes, There Will Be Sprinkle Donuts

Then they asked him, ‘Teacher, when will this happen?And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?”// Luke 21:7 “When will Mom and Dad be...
November 27, 2023
He Has the Whole World In His Hands

He Has the Whole World In His Hands

The nations shall revere your name, O LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory, When the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in his glory; When he has...
October 01, 2023
Unstrap Your Backpack

Unstrap Your Backpack

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and...
July 19, 2023
Where Else Would We Go?

Where Else Would We Go?

From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered...
April 28, 2023
Chutzpah at Its Finest

Chutzpah at Its Finest

Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she...
February 08, 2023
Battle Ready

Battle Ready

Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war. My mercy and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, My shield, in whom I...
November 19, 2022
Talk the Talk and Run the Race

Talk the Talk and Run the Race

Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race...
August 14, 2022
We’re Just a Bunch of Dumb Sheep Down Here!

We’re Just a Bunch of Dumb Sheep Down Here!

“How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe. The...
May 10, 2022
Why Jesus Loves the Poor So Much

Why Jesus Loves the Poor So Much

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. // Jeremiah 17:7 Recently a teenage girl asked me, “Debbie, why do you think Jesus loves...
March 17, 2022
Step Out of Shame, Step into Freedom

Step Out of Shame, Step into Freedom

“Fear not, you shall not be put to shame; you need not blush, for you shall not be disgraced.” // Isaiah 54:4 For many years, I carried deep shame from...
December 16, 2021
Step into His Story and Yours

Step into His Story and Yours

When I was nine years old, I decided I wanted to be a writer. I think I subconsciously wanted to create and inhabit a story that was happier and more...
April 02, 2021