And the Word become flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:14 Words are hurled through the radio waves. Flung around the dinner table. Across the screens.  On our laptops. On our phones. We type. We text. We speak thoughts and opinions. Words will build and destroy. Words will sing or condemn. Words have such power. Still. No matter if they…
As the month of November comes to a close, we can reflect back on a month of FAITH. Faith isn’t just free-falling into the unknown. Faith is more of a settled calm. An assurance, not in our future, but the God who lives with us. A God who never fails.  Faith isn’t trusting only during the good times, but the bad times as well. Instead of looking at the impossible and asking God to move, ask God to come in and remind…
Genesis 15:1, 5-6 – “After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great….And he {God} brought him outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.’ Then he {God} said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’ And he {Abram} believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” Abraham waited for his…
Work. Work. Work. The secret to working hard is…. 1. Don’t sleep. 2. Give up fun things. 3. Add more things to your list. Are you still reading? Good. Because I have to confess, no one needs to read about getting more work completed. Or giving up sleep to get it all done. We do that fine by ourselves. Instead, we need encouragement to slow down and to be at peace. Maybe that’s why so many popular articles are focused on rest. Rightly so, I…