Facing the Big “What If”
I recently had the privilege of sharing a brief devotion with a bunch of teenage girls. Weeks in advance, when I asked the Lord what He might have me say, His answer was clear: “tell... Read more
God’s Reliability: Updating to 5.0
{This post originally appeared on My Faith Radio} We know all too well the adrenaline rush of a beloved phone fizzling out or breaking. Updates to social media page layouts and software give us pause.... Read more
Just For Me
As the speaker in the video wraps up her lesson, she prays. All of us in the room grow quiet, listening in. The screen grows dark and before anyone launches the discussion questions, a friend... Read more
Overcome Failure Book Review
I’m one of those people who has regularly lived in fear of failure. Are you? I’ve made too many decisions based on what I know I can do, not what I believe I should do.... Read more
Holding and Held
Thinking of Christ as our anchor, we often picture storms raging. Tossed about in the chaos, we think of clinging to Him. Our hands burn, grasping, struggling, to hold on. But the wonderful truth: as... Read more
Blame First, Forgive Next
This post is one piece of a great collaborative effort. Head over to Kelly Balarie's post for encouraging excerpts and links to tons of bloggers' fantastic testimonies on the Lord's work in their lives. When... Read more
What God Has For You Today
It’s a new day. What if it’s a good one? God has a few things for his followers today (and everyday.) They’ll make whatever your schedule holds better. You don’t have to take them or... Read more
Word of the Week: Peace
Ironically, “peace” is a confusing concept Biblically. Without any word study at all we observe that Christ at once claims He did not come to bring peace (Matthew 10:34) and at the same time Christ... Read more
In Peace We Trust
{The twelfth and final installment in the In ____We Trust Series} Each and every topic in this series has convicted me. They’ve all added up. Here’s what I’m finding as I wrap it up... Every... Read more
Word of the Week: Still
“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’” –Psalm 46:10 Busy, busy. Becky just wrote about our false trust in “doing” through busyness. It’s a tough one to accept because our busyness is... Read more