A couple of weeks ago, my husband read Romans 8:31-34 at the beginning of our church service. Two phrases in particular gripped my heart: “If God is for us, who can be…
The final forty days of the disciples’ journey to Jesus’ cross were a potent mix of commitment and dread. The three days following his crucifixion plunged them into the most…
Four centuries is a very long time to be a nation of people within another nation. The Israelites had, over the many years in since Joseph’s death, become slaves in…
Hopeful Waiting As we enter this season, we look around at our world and at ourselves and acknowledge that there is deep darkness, that much is not as it should…
1st Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2024 Unquestionably, the singular, most beautiful aspect of God’s Plan ‘A’ is the Incarnation. God becoming flesh, becoming man, becoming one of us, becoming…
Since our adoption into the Kingdom of God, our lives have become an integral part of the Meta-Narrative, the over-arching Love Story that is found from Genesis to Revelation. We…
Thyatira – (4 of 7) On this first Sunday of Advent, 2023, focusing on the theme of Hope, there is evident, a startling contrast between the sweet Babe in the…
Jesus’ disciples, after three years of walking with him, watching him teach, heal, and interact with the crowds, often were left befuddled by him. Plus, his miracles! Only Peter, James…
The beaming smile of gold-medal-winning Olympians on the podium is not the picture image immediately following the win. At that moment, they are physically spent, sweating, heart pounding, muscles all…
We are God’s invited ones, His chosen ones, His beloved ones. The language of the Kingdom of Heaven is rich with the theme of relationship and friendship and loving restoration.…
God, in His infinite mercy, has unfailingly provided abundant doses of hope to his often-erring, wayward, distracted people, through the voices of His attentive, obedient servants. Even the bleakest of times…