Hustle. It’s become the buzzword of our time - along with similar words like grind and productivity. It seems like everyone is managing a job, plus a side project, a full social life, an intense workout routine, and an Instagram-worthy home with a fridge arranged in rainbow order. There are hundreds of articles with advice for getting more things done in less time so you can then do even more things.
Read MoreSome things aren’t meant for our human minds to see or comprehend. There is evil, especially online, that is beyond our comprehension.
Read MoreI have always preferred opposites. Noise to complete silence. Smiles instead of tears. Light instead of the dark
Read MoreEvery Christian desires to live a life that pleases God. However, true spiritual transformation is not about forcing ourselves to follow a checklist of rules. Instead, it is the natural result of the Holy Spirit working inside us.
Read MoreQuiet time was a prescription for early morning hours, but I typically wouldn’t be caught pausing mid-stride during the day’s agenda. I was seduced into believing productivity—our culture’s prized commodity—should be my goal.
Read MorePornography is just one of those evils. The Bible doesn’t say anything about pornography specifically, but it does talk about the two main reason we turn to porn: lust and a lack of self- control.
Read MoreThe heart is the most important organ in your body. Not only does it pump blood to the rest of the body, but it also holds the meaning of your existence. The heart is precious and deserves protection. After all, everything we do flows from our heart. So, we must keep our hearts pure, so our actions are pure.
Read MoreEvery Christian desires to live a life that pleases God. However, true spiritual transformation is not about forcing ourselves to follow a checklist of rules. Instead, it is the natural result of the Holy Spirit working inside us. In his letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul describes this transformation as "the fruit of the Spirit."
Read MoreTrust in His grace for my now. Avoid picking up yesterday’s anxiety. Because it steals my joy for today, to carry the mantle of anxiety over yesterday would be futile. My concern should be whether I placed priority on Kingdom principles.
Read MoreWhen you think of May, you think of flowers and spring…or maybe you think of “April showers, bring May flowers.” There is a whole group of people here in the United States that think of another thing - Memorial Day. A holiday that honors those who died that served in our military.
Read MoreThe words of “Great is Thy Faithfulness” remind us that we have the privilege and blessing to know God’s mercies are a daily provision, and his abiding presence gives us hope amid a world filled with hopelessness.
Read MoreRecently I completed my 60 laps around the sun, yes- I turned 60! I was filled with thanks and praise to God. Over the month I wrote down verses which had spoken to me, verses I had prayed through and Bible verses I had lived out across the six decades.
Read MoreI’m prefacing all of this to say that I engage with the world. I engage with the pop culture topics of the day, news headlines, politics, and entertainment. While I remain guarded in what I entertain, I stay up to date so I can have conversations that point back to the Gospel and Jesus’ redemption of lives.
Read MoreFor the past 16 years, I’ve struggled with an eating disorder called Anorexia Nervosa. Unfortunately, this is a part of my story I have not yet overcome, but I hope that with the truth I have found in God's Word, you’ll feel more encouraged because we are walking through this painful season together.
Read MoreIn today's world, living a Christian life has become a very gray area - each church and even each individual finds his/her own way to interpret the Bible - from one verse, you can get hundreds of different religions and personal beliefs. So, how do you know which one is right? How do you know if something is a sin? For example, is TV a sin? Movies? Sports? Some say there are, others scoff and say Jesus really doesn't have an opinion on the topic.
Read MoreBut God used this moment to remind me that we are all broken, even if it looks different for each of us. It doesn’t matter whether we are hopeless, with our lives shattered into hundreds of small pieces, or feel incomplete because we are dealing with big things that have shaken us.
Read MoreIt’s all good when God is in it. I do not know how 2026 greeted you; maybe it is with a diagnosis or death you didn’t expect. Let me reassure you God is standing with you in this mess. He is holding your hand and will NEVER leave you.
Read MoreHere’s to a new year, stretched out before us like an open landscape, the topography untouched, like a new journal waiting to be filled. This is just one exhilarating aspect for me about cross-country skiing: setting out across a wide-open vista where you can almost see the stillness lay across a snowy landscape.
Read MoreI remind myself daily that I am a work in progress and God loves me just as I am. He loves me because he is love and not because of anything I have done.
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