LUKE 24:36-48 The eleven disciples huddle behind a locked door. The city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.  The death of Jesus had only made...

God, the only authentic innovator who creates what couldn’t happen without His breath and power, offers us what we cannot find anywhere...

Why is it so hard to know how God speaks to me? I’ve heard that question so often. It breaks my heart because I know the angst it...

Yet I hold this against you, You have forsaken the love you had at first. Revelation 2:4 I know . . . that you are neither cold nor hot....

We try hard to keep our bodies and minds from unnecessary or early atrophy. Will we do the same for spiritual growth? Contrary to what...

Help! Is that what you feel like when you want to know God's will for a specific decision? Cultivating spiritual discernment helps us...

Decisions. We make about 35,000 of them a day! Of course, not all are life changing. Many are just the mundane stuff of life. But what...

Jesus reminded us that the way we live our lives is supposed to make people thirsty for God. It’s the potato chip response. You’ve...

Jesus showed us how to live as God created us to live. His teaching was like a mirror for our lives. And that’s how we must use the...

Do we live so far removed from the call of Jesus that we have forgotten the uniqueness of it? How personally fitted to us it is? How...

What does it take to wake you up? What do you miss when you live in that twilight zone between sleepy and wakefulness? Jesus took Peter,...

David asked for God to examine his heart in Psalm 139 when he asked God to search me. It made sense because God already knew what was...

When I get a text or email from someone I love, I click through immediately. I want the connection. I want the update. As I read the...

Spiritual rhythms help us grow spiritually. If I have a rhythm in place as a seamless part of my life, it helps me become more receptive...

My husband and I greet the beginning of fall with anticipation. We know that the beginning blush and rust of the trees will deepen into...

I thought I lost my passport a few days before our flight to London. Panic squeezed my heart dry. I revisited every room, closet, and...

In the backyard where we lived in St. Louis, the previous owner had put in a raised garden. I decided I could plant some vegetables and...

No one was prepared for what Jesus did when he walked into the Temple and turned over the business tables. What was it that disturbed him...

Fire is merciless. When fire burns paper, wood, refuse; nothing is left but ashes. A gray, powder or fragile flake is all we see from...

Jesus called out the people who thought that they were close to God because they were descendants of Abraham. He said, Is that where our...