We are trained since childhood to enjoy a good story all the way until its happy ending. Whether it’s a fairy tale, a Disney movie, or a classic novel, once the guy…
Honey in the rock.
Oh how sweet, how sweet it is, to hear my darling niece Mady sing the song “Honey in the Rock” when she’s on the worship team! Do you think it’s important to…
New habits.
I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year. The holidays have ended, vacations have ended and an entire year of our lives has ended. Endings are melancholy and twinged with…
Connected.
Don’t you wish you could stay forever? My family and I went on a trip to Kauai last spring and it. was. amazing. Easily the highlight of 2022 and maybe my life….
Blessings and cursings and Christmas.
Jeremy and I like to read a special devotion during the weeks leading up to Christmas. We do something different each year. This year we picked a tiny little paperback called Joy…
Hark.
Hark. As in, Listen. Don’t let these words from Charles Wesley escape you this year. Listen to the words of the Christmas song which is urging us to listen to the words…
To don’t.
Well fams, it’s Thanksgiving week. Let’s take a quick inventory: How are we doing? People say, “the holidays are upon us” as if they are a burden as heavy as Santa’s over-stuffed…
Hard rest.
Resting is hard work! I don’t mean vegging out in front of the TV. That is not hard work. It’s the easiest thing in the world. But it’s also not actual rest––the…
Great commission.
Jesus equipped his disciples and commissioned them before he went to Heaven. It’s the commission every single disciple of Jesus has inherited ever since: Go and make disciples. Baptize them. Teach them…
Sent.
Pastor Jay has been teaching New Covenant week after week in his TD12 series that Jesus always equips us to send us. I don’t know about you, but there was a time…