What we hold in our hearts, shapes us. That’s why God wants to make sure that everything we hold here, including what we hide, passes...

Why do we sugar-coat sin? Are we so insecure that we have exchanged rationalization for confession? David thought he could hide an ugly...

When God wants to do something new, stand back and watch a Master at work. He pairs unlimited resources with perfect timing to form...

"When someone asks, "What's new?" we immediately think of something we bought or changed. However, really new is beyond what we can buy...

When the Israelites crossed the Jordan River to enter the land God promised them, it wasn’t just about giving them new land. It was...

Someone cut down my tree. It was a beautiful crepe myrtle that bloomed in the spring with fistfuls of confetti-white blossoms. I...

How do you know when you’re thirsty? I’m not a big water-drinker. I often quip about how dehydrated my generation must have been before...

Are you a friend of the cross? It depends how you respond to surrender. Crosses make more enemies than friends. It is human nature to...

Abram sat under the stars, away from conversations with his tribal compatriots, away from management responsibilities of how to move so...

We need sabbath. We need to rest from the pushy voices that make us feel less than enough. We need sanctuary where we cannot be hunted dow

Today we wear the ashes of our impotence and mortality. It is a day to remember who we are and who we are not. Today we bring our...

In this rush about, text-crazy, isolated, and often depressed and angry world we live in, the call to come away for a time to hear a...

Betrayal is a subtle visitor . . . until it isn’t. On the night that Jesus was betrayed, only Jesus saw the darkness lurking. He had...

When our daughter began to lose sight, her world changed. Though she perceived light, the light itself blinded her because of the...

What was it that Jesus saw when he invited the masses to follow him and find rest? Was it their desperate faces? Empty stares? Did he...

What was it that Jesus saw when he walked into the Temple and turned over the tables of business? Did he see entrepreneurs trying to...

If . . . How can a 2-letter word rob us of what God wants to give us? How do ifs stake a claim bigger than God’s claim on us? How do we...

Daniel was the kind of prayer partner everyone needs. He prayed fervently, openly, daily, and specifically. He didn’t pray in protest or...

While winter clutches us without letting go, spring is a distant hope. We know it will come but evidences of it hides. Still, we...