Sometimes we forget that planting comes before harvest. Everything we want to gather and experience begins with what we plant. It’s not...

When life’s dark maze I tread and griefs around me spread. . . .* The words from the familiar hymn remind us that death comes in many...

In the times and seasons God orchestrates, birth comes first. Most of us think about the birth of a baby come to take more of life than...

This was my first Mother’s Day without Lisa. I greeted it without the daughter who grew from my heart. There is no name for a...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes3:1, NIV Every time I read this verse, it...

I have never been more aware of the seasons in life than during this past year. Ecclesiastes gives us an undated seasonal calendar based...

The two words on the outside of the roughly-made card caught my attention but the inside message made me think. I was going through more...

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46b The scene cannot be adequately described even though we try. Three crosses with...

Jesus and the disciples were enjoying down time before their Passover gathering at the home of Lazarus, the one Jesus raised from the...

At the synagogue, a poor widow dropped two pennies in the offering horn. (Luke 21:2) On another day in the home of Mary and Martha where...

Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him to pray. However, the long day and the quiet night got the best of the trio. They felt more...

Do you struggle getting everything finished on your agenda? The convicting truth we learn from Jesus is that we always have enough time...

Too many times our prayers are about what we want from God. Even fasting has been used to prove our desperation. We hope God will take...

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. John 1:29 Where is our focus for these days of...

Without the breath of God, we are nothing but dust. While scientists study our DNA and cell structure and people debate our origin, dust...

To talk about Easter in the middle of so many arctic blasts, torrential floods, and weather overload seems like poor timing. And yet,...

God has only one overarching goal as He shares His searching, testing and pointing counsel. He wants to bring us home. Not to an...

Point out anything in me that offends you. Psalm 139:24 Last week we asked God to give us His test. It is worthless unless we allow Him...

Test me and know my anxious thoughts, Psalm 139:24 Tests have a bad rap. We can blame it on school, and they probably did make us think...

How comfortable am I for God to have complete freedom to search my heart? That was the question I took away from Pastor Melton’s Sunday...