Ann Voskamp, Bible, blessings, God, One Thousand Gifts, Philippians
God has been hard at work trying to teach me about perspective lately. My default perspective is hopelessness. Is something in my life changing? Despair! Is something in my world unpredictable? Insecurity! Is something in my environment not exactly (or not at all)...
Acts, believe, Bible, God, obedience, Peter
Peter. God love him. He is the disciple that I relate to most. From the excessive pride, swearing he’ll never deny Christ, to letting his emotions dictate his actions, cutting off that guy’s ear who came to arrest Jesus, Peter is a relatable dude. After...
1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy, Church, Colossians, elders, Ephesians, Hebrews, Romans, unity
Our church is entering a time of transition. A couple of weeks ago, our senior pastor of almost 9 years announced that he and his family are headed to the mission field full-time. They leave in less than 3 months. And so the process of finding an interim senior...
believe, Bible, faith, God, Jesus, Matthew, truth
It’s a big week for Jesus. You know, Easter and all that. So, as long as we’re all thinking about Him to one degree or another, He’s got a question for us. (Actually, it was initially for Peter. But it’s for you and me, too.) Jesus was...
believe, Bible, faith, God, Joshua
Sometimes the Old Testament seems irrelevant. I yawned my way through the dividing of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel (Joshua 13-21). And when I was just about to nod off, one gem of a verse caught my heart and made all that boring reading worth it....
