When difficulties surface in our lives, they come like a torrent. There is a domino effect of trials, one knocking into the next and setting off a series of events that threaten to swallow all hope. Sometimes hope can be downright elusive. Our souls ache for normalcy, for homeostasis — a balancing of our […]

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 events challenging to relate to. Not many of us find ourselves defending large masses of people, dodging war arrows, or answering […]

  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,” and “grace upon grace.” This slice of our year brims with opportunity to retrain our gaze on the work God is doing right […]

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 in smaller water bodies, where there is less interruption to the process. What a beautiful image this is when we consider how […]

  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 any circumstance, He is the difference maker. We find exactly this sort of situation in Titus chapter 3. Verse […]

  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 the image of a relational God — to not gather with our loved ones. While we hope and pray ways are made […]

  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 immediate, pressing circumstances. We find it difficult to be still and think back on the manger scene. It is a challenge to slow […]

  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 cling to final, drooping leaves, and holiday music begins filling the supermarkets, there is a change inside of […]

  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 will strike. Yet that is not the world we live in. And as we grapple with this existence, […]