3 “Why’s” to Ask of “Little Faith”
The Good Shepherd’s love is great! Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13 ESV With such love comes heartfelt questions for his flock—questions that address our feeble nature…
Conspiring Ignorance: The How, The Why, and the Way Out
In an effort to speak truth in love, I've been puzzled by the overarching lack of interest and/or willingness to talk out the hard stuff with people these days. More so, I'm stunned by the ease many have with writing…
The Wisdom of the Oil
At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any…
Practical Tips for Taking Thoughts Captive: A Reflection on 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every…
Digging into Colossians: Chapter Four
Ready to dig through this last chapter with me? Let’s start by reading through chapter four here. Three main points came to mind: Prayer Changes Things Live Wisely Remember My Chains Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and…
Come and Show Me
When we have questions and doubts, fear and anguish, turmoil and temptation—where do we turn? God tells us in Jeremiah 33:3 to call out to Him and He will show us what we long to know. He will teach us,…
Sometimes the Light Hurts
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why…
Humility to Hear…
Reflecting on the not-so cozy side of bed time prayers…you know, the ones that start out with processing some “messier” aspects of a day… It’s actually a deeply satisfying experience to lay it all out before the Lord and let…
