It was late 2013, and I was walking to dinner at a conference when my eyes caught a glimpse of these artfully written words: Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert....
Trying to reason with a teenager can be daunting at times. In a beautiful and God-created way, they are developing their own minds and ideas. This is perhaps one of the most painful part of parenting, when you see those things being shaped by the world and not the...
There are plenty of blog posts and articles about why people don’t go to church anymore. We’ve all heard how the failure of believers to live up to the word of God has turned others away, not necessarily from Jesus, but from his people. Today, I want to propose...
“Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 This is probably a familiar verse, but what does seeking the Kingdom of God mean? How do we seek it “first”? At one point in my life, I confess I was more...
Being a Christian is hard sometimes, and being in Christian community can be excruciatingly hard part of being a Christian. (Can I get an Amen?) Don’t get me wrong – living the Christian life with at least a handful of other Christians you can learn from...