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Following Him Where You Are
When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him. // Luke 5:11 Over the years, I’ve encountered a handful of people who have this desire...
Struggling to Listen to the Holy Spirit
Brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were...
Apples, Digging in, and Committing to the Faith
We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand the things freely given us by God. // 1...
New Friends and New Hope
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. // 1 Corinthians 2:2 Wow, I feel like I just went on a...
Falling, Landing, and Crying
God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. A bountiful rain you showered down, O God, upon your inheritance; you restored the land when it languished;...
Be Part of His Work
Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord. // 1 Corinthians 1:31 Soft white lights twinkled like fireflies under the vines of the deep purple clematis. Softball-sized hydrangeas bobbed in the...
Our Smaller Life Without Him
“Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” // Matthew 25:13 It was summer of 2009, those early months of marriage when we were still figuring...
God Is Working Here and Now
“God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” // 1 Corinthians 1:9 We all struggle at times to know what...
Unto Death
“Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” // Revelation 21:9b The sunlight streams through the stained glass windows as my family kneels in a...
We Cannot Assume Malice
“Woe to you . . . you hypocrites.” // Matthew 23:23 Some hypocrisy is born of sheer malice—and some from ignorance and stupidity. On the day that Roe v. Wade...
Sharing Grace and Peace
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. // 2 Thessalonians 1:2 My heart pounding, I reread the message. The joyful lift that always...
Spend Forever with Jesus
I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory. // Isaiah 66:18 Last year, a close friend walked out of my life. I chose...
