Releasing Our Burdens When We Are Facing a Mountain

Releasing Our Burdens When We Are Facing a Mountain

The scree field lay ahead, an endless sward of grey and brown sandstone. Pausing to wipe the heat of summer from my brow, I peered over my shoulder. The hikers following behind were smiling and laughing–unfazed by the weight of the pack on their backs. But I was...
From the Bookshelf: February 2021

From the Bookshelf: February 2021

Winter and books go together like praise and worship. I can’t seem to enjoy one without the other. Maybe because the world continues to reel from the pandemic, political upheaval, and unrest, I’ve longed for books that encourage and exhort me spiritually. This month’s...
Learning to Rejoice in Difficult Circumstances

Learning to Rejoice in Difficult Circumstances

The throbbing is real but intangible. Painful but unseen. It’s the shattering of a heart already broken experiencing one more journey in the wasteland. Have you been in this place before? In the same sort of circumstance where your dreams are dashed by reality...
Ask, Seek, Knock–A Christmas Story

Ask, Seek, Knock–A Christmas Story

Ask. Seek. Knock. These are the familiar words from scripture I’m reminded of as I read about the wise men from the East. “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory— this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem...
Destination Jesus

Destination Jesus

The familiar ping of the phone alerted me to a new message. A hurting friend and I had been sharing our thoughts and discussing the razor-edged struggles of the hard in her life. A loved one had said things….done things. She wanted to know–could the relationship...