"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?" Matthew 6:27 I wonder what tone Jesus had when he said this. My guess, given the context it was a tone filled with compassion and maybe even sadness. A plea, "don't you understand I will take care of you?!?" But part of… Continue reading Worry Can’t Add Hours, But it Can Steal Them
Dear friend, I see you… the one who feels like your body is betraying you. You do all the right things to fuel, exercise, rest, and care for the body God’s given you and yet you still don’t know what it might do, or not do, each day. You’ve visited the doctors. You’ve prayed the… Continue reading To the one who feels like their body is betraying them
Dear friend, I see you. The one who is weary. The one isn’t sure how to know how to keep showing up in what feels like an impossible situation. I look at your face down the hall, through the FaceTime screen, across the hospital waiting room, and I see it in your eyes. You just… Continue reading To the one who is weary
Dear friend, I see you… the one wondering if healing will come. You’ve prayed. You’ve hoped. You’ve done everything that is within your control and yet, there is much that is outside your control too.
I think we live our whole lives in the Saturday of Holy Week. This day between crucifixion and resurrection is perhaps the best picture of life on this earth. I’m not the first to call this out, but every year I find this a helpful reminder that this day of silence, this day of grief… Continue reading Living in Saturday
“Hosanna!” is the cry of Palm Sunday. It’s a cry of adoration and at the same time desperation. It’s a cry our hearts knows in certain seasons. It’s this weird combination of praise while simultaneously begging, “save us!” There is blessing declared by the crowd the lined the roads waving palms and laying down cloaks.… Continue reading Hosanna! Save!
I showed up to a 7am meeting earlier this week and a few of my students and a teammate showed up with flowers and a card for me. These students are part of my residence hall staff that I interact with at least a few times a week. The card was filled with messages of… Continue reading Abundant Life in Community
For those of you that have purchased a copy of my new Abundant Life Bible Study, it is my hope that you will find some friends and do this study together. A key element of Abundant Life is living in community. This is a great way to learn and grow together. If for some reason… Continue reading Abundant Life Online Bible Study
A little over a year ago a series of events set me on a journey to explore what Jesus meant in John 10:10 when He said that He came to bring us "abundant life." The first part of the verse talks about how Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I was witnessing that destruction… Continue reading Abundant Life Bible Study – Now Available!
While much of my social media this week has shown excitement building around the launch of a Bible Study about life I have coming out on Monday, that reality sits alongside many tears at the reality of death. Not only did this week mark an anniversary of a loss, a dear friend of mine has… Continue reading Abundant Life in the Face of Death
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