Journal

In Every Trouble, God Is Greater - The Promise of Psalm 91

King David penned vibrant words within the Psalms — sentiments brimming with hope and standing out against the raw realities of his suffering. And yet, in reading the Psalms, we can find his life ...

When God Says “See! I Am Doing a New Thing …” Let Us Look in the Right Direction

With each annual voyage the earth makes around the sun, we’re afforded a window of time bursting with miracles. Every spring, we’re offered visuals of “every good gift,” “new morning mercies,” a...

Reflections of a Perfect Love

A Brilliant Reflection If you have ever looked out on a newly frozen and undisturbed lake, you’ve witnessed a reflection so pure it’s nearly an illusion. We tend to see these brilliant surfaces i...

As the Kindness of God Appears

There is a pivotal point consistently found throughout Scripture. We discover a contrast of what we once were, and who we now are. The hinge in the middle is Christ. In every scenario, and in an...

In a Season of Distancing, We Have a God Who Draws Near

It is difficult to escape the discouragement of this unique holiday season. Many are grieving get-togethers that simply cannot take place. It goes against our human nature — us being created in ...

May Advent Focus Our Hearts on the Three Ways Jesus Delivers Us

Perhaps you, like so many, feel the hard-pressed nature of focusing on Advent this Christmas season. Events of this year have caused a refraction of attention — redirecting our thoughts to immed...

The Practice of a Grateful Life

Thanksgiving acts as a dog-ear between the bookends of a year. A page bent over to signal a pause — wait here, linger, give thanks. Each year as the weather brings a chill, the trees outside cli...

Longing for Wholeness in a Broken World

On every side we are bombarded with reminders of the broken world we live in. We walk through our days longing for assurance, desperate to know we are secure, safe, and that no evil or tragedy w...

God’s Surprising Solution to Fear

Fear has a personal way about it. It wraps itself around us, entwining with our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs — distorting what we know to be true. It encroaches on our identities. Before we a...

Discovering Contentment as We Turn Our Eyes Upon Jesus

Most of the time when we think of the antonym of contentment, the word discontentment comes to mind. Yet if we take the time to unpack the concept of discontentment, we discover more precise exa...

A Miracle in the Pew of a Netherlands' Church

For one year, she found herself stuck in a refrain of three words. “No,” “Yes,” and “Corrie,” was all Cornelia Ten Boom could say after suffering a stroke. For two months she lay in a coma, unti...

Trading the Weight of This World for the Hope of God’s Glory

On January 23, 1960, oceanographers Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard ventured to the deepest part of the sea, known as the Challenger Deep at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The Challenger Deep l...