You Are a Big Deal
First Reading: Acts 17:15, 22–18:1 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. So Paul, standing in the middle of…
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Eternal Life
Poor Nicodemus. Sometimes I don’t know what Christ is talking about either, but usually when I do it’s only because I’m on this side of the Resurrection. I’ve got two thousand years of smarter, holier people explaining Christ’s words to me….
The Tone of the Voice in My Head
What tone do you use when you read Christ’s words? In your head, as you’re reading the Gospels, when Jesus speaks, what tone of voice do you assign to Him? Usually the first time I read through a passage I…
The Breath of Life
First Reading: Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet…
Keep on Keeping On
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, ‘Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ Many times in Scripture the scribes and the Pharisees…
The Staff + Writers
OPERATIONAL STAFF JENNA GUIZAR FOUNDER | CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jenna Guizar is a wife and mama in sunny Arizona. She loves spending time with her husband, her daughters, and their son. After falling in love with the Lord through deep, faithful…
Weep No More
You shall weep no more. I have wept in my life. I have cried heavy sobs that have shaken my whole body. The true, snot-dripping, seal-bark-sounding, slobbery, puffy-eyed ugly cry—I’ve done that . . . more than once. Loss,…
Filling the Master’s House
Today’s Gospel passage shakes me; it makes me nervous. I read it and pray, “Oh shoot, Jesus! Save me from myself!” My days are filled with excuses. Groceries to put away, dinner to begin, kids to get to school, laundry…
Being Cultivated
As a young Christian I sometimes focused more on what I was not supposed to do. Don’t love the best seat in the synagogues. Don’t load people with burdens and keep things easy for myself. Don’t have orgies or get drunk….
