The year is winding down and we're asking, "What comes next?" The worries throw pebbles at our windows late at night and we wonder if we should answer. Before we lift the cold glass and let the...

The year is winding down and we're asking, "What comes next?" The worries throw pebbles at our windows late at night and we wonder if we should answer. Before we lift the cold glass and let the...
If you ever get a little tired of life’s battles, this is for you. If you ever wrestle with fear or insecurity, this is for you. If you’ve ever feel unsure you’re ever going to have victory, this is...
The lights burn low in the sanctuary and the voices raise high. They echo off rafters and doors, then flow down the walls like a flood of so many waters. I close my eyes and listen, let my thoughts...
I’m listening to podcaster Mora Aarons-Mele and psychologist Ellen Hendriksen have a conversation about the benefits of anxiety. Wait? What? Surely I heard wrong. For as long as I can remember, my...
You are here for such a time as this. You are called to offer what God has placed within you to our world right here, right now. No one else will live the exact amount of time you will, in the place...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} We've read the story and know the scene. The unshowered shepherds with the wide-eyed flock around them. The shock then awe. The angels indescribable, declaring...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} When I’m afraid, my fists are clenched around all I have and everyone I love. I am the hoarder and the bodyguard. The seagull chorusing “mine, mine!” Gollum...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} The year is winding down and we're asking, "What comes next?" The worries throw pebbles at our windows late at night and we wonder if we should answer. Before...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} I feel a tug at the edge of my jacket and look down to identify the perpetrator. She’s brown and speckled with hair that’s sandpaper soft. Her belly is wide...
{my graphics are free goodies for you} “I fear that we’ve lost the ability to be kind. Have we crossed a line where we have forgotten how to love each other?” – Suzie Eller, Overcoming Fear Video...