08/23/2026There are some things we can do halfway and still get by. We can half-listen to a conversation. We can half-clean the garage. We can even half-follow the directions and somehow get the furni...  Read More

08/22/2026Sometimes we picture God as distant, somewhere above all of this, watching from heaven while we try to make sense of life down here. John opens his Gospel by telling us something completely ...  Read More

08/21/2026There are things we spend years accumulating that can disappear almost overnight. Money can be lost. Possessions wear out. Homes need repairs. Careers change. Even the things we carefully pr...  Read More

08/20/2026There are some days when praise comes easily. The phone call was good. The prayer was answered. The family is doing well. Things finally seem to be falling into place.Then there are other da...  Read More

08/19/2026There are a lot of things people can know about us. They can know where we work, what church we attend, what we believe politically, what team we cheer for, even what we post online. But Jes...  Read More

08/16/2026Sometimes we think of following Jesus mostly in terms of what He can add to our lives, peace, purpose, forgiveness, hope. And He gives us all of that. But Paul takes us somewhere deeper in R...  Read More

08/17/2026Sometimes the hardest part of following Jesus isn’t believing the big things. It’s living out our faith in the small moments, with the person who gets on our nerves, the family member who kn...  Read More

08/16/2026Some days faith feels strong. Other days, faith looks like doing the next right thing while your heart is hurting. You pray, you keep showing up, you keep trusting God, and yet nothing aroun...  Read More

08/15/2026There are times when waiting on God feels harder than doing something. We can handle a task. We can make a phone call. We can work a problem. But waiting? Waiting requires us to trust God wh...  Read More

08/14/2026There are days when following Jesus feels peaceful and steady. Then there are days when it feels like you walked straight into a fight you didn’t know was coming. Paul doesn’t pretend those ...  Read More

08/13/2026There are some verses that sound beautiful until we realize Jesus actually expects us to live them. Matthew 5:44 is one of those. Loving people who love us back is fairly easy. Jesus takes u...  Read More

08/12/2026There’s a big difference between knowing where the light is and actually walking in it. You can stand at the edge of a dark room, see the light coming through the doorway, and still choose n...  Read More