A seed of ambition recently tried to sprout into a weed that would choke out my witness. I helped my colleague organize my office’s strategic planning conference. During the conference, the big boss kept acknowledging two other coworkers for their efforts. I wasn’t...
The brown began with just a few leaves at the bottom of the plants. Each day death advanced up the plant, changing verdant life into lifeless dried leaves. A fungus relentlessly attacked our tomato field and plants were dying at a rapid pace. How do you lean into God...
Laughing out loud when my husband shared the story, I soon recovered my composure enough to wonder what my neighbor was thinking now. Maintaining a large backyard garden, he plants dozens of seeds each year. Having a small variety of melon and pumpkin seeds left, on...
Friend, do you wonder how to discover hope when the seeds of promises are unfulfilled? Perhaps you waited many months and years for a specific promise to be fulfilled and now you are weary and discouraged. You doubt God’s Word and His promises and you question...
Today’s world is filled with ever-increasing chaos, hatred, violence, confusion, illness, divisiveness, natural disasters, and evil. In this environment, hope can become a scarce commodity in every person’s life. As much as we Christians want to deny it...
