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The Difficulty in Love
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.” // John 15:12-13 Why...
The Commandments Aren't a Burden
"I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete." // John 15:11 As I stepped out of the car, I...
Breathe in the Spirit's Presence
“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.” // John 15:1-8 Beneath the warmth of the sun, my...
Cultivating Peace Through Prayer
Jesus said to his disciples: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you.” // John 14:27...
His Word Is True
“Whoever loves me will keep my word.” // John 14:2 As I began to crawl back into the Faith, a huge burden was put on my heart, mind, and relationship...
Build Well
Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual...
The Father Feeds
Philip said to Jesus, "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." // John 14:8 For the last few months, every time I quiet my mind...
We Know the Way
How can we know the way? // John 14:5 Today is my wedding day. I’m thinking of the little girl who enthusiastically belted the classic “I Love You, Lord” at...
Learning Patience from the Lord
With uplifted arm he led them out, and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert. // Acts 13:17b-18 Teaching middle school is not something I...
Because I Know Him
“I am the way and the truth and the life.” // John 14:6 Holding her friend’s hand, my kindergartner ran up to me at school pick-up. The two girls smiled...
Tiny Footsteps and Midnight Coughing
“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my...
A Beautiful Dance Done Together
“I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my...
