It is with a heavy heart that I announce the closure of my blog. I have taken on a new job with a nonprofit organization that requires a...

Boaz: “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and...

Read Matthew 6:25-33 In verse 33, Jesus essentially told His disciples that anxiety is a misplaced focus on the temporal, on what they...

Matthew 6:24-33 If anxiety did add hours to our lifespans, many of us would live to be as old as Methuselah, who lived 969 years. But it...

“In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his...

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1...

Proverbs 20:5: “The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out." People have often told me I’m...

“Why don’t you Google that,” is what I’d often tell my kids when they asked a question I didn’t know the answer to, which was quite...

ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS to do during the winter months is to find a “fireplace” channel on YouTube and turn it on during my devotions....

“The theological reality of God’s withness…needs to be welcomed into our lives, bodies, and minds As we do that, what is true becomes...

Devotion from "And the Word was God, Advent Devotions" by Henri Nouwen "While Advent is a season of joyful expectation for so may people...

This is a retelling of the story of two very courage women, Shiphrah and Puah, whom I admire greatly! I especially love the stories of...

The Greek word eucharistia translates, “Thankfulness, thanksgiving, giving thanks; literally, ‘the giving of thanks for God's grace’.” ...

Waiting. It's part of our everyday lives. You wait for the washing machine to finish so you can transfer the clothes to the dryer...only...

It's in the Trinity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit that we see the perfect out-workings of unity. While they are...

Scripture Verse: "As I have loved you, so you must love one another" (John 13:34) Love one another. Of all the "one anothers" found in...

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27: “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in...

Exodus 16:21: “Morning by morning they gathered it, as much as each needed; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.” Thought for the Day:...

Guest post by Jani Dahlin. A note about Jani. Jani was the gal I met in college some 30+ years ago at the library. She introduced me to...