Blessed To Be A Blessing
News sites and social media are riddled with images of war. It can feel naive to hope for a day when world leaders say enough is enough and sit at bargaining tables to hammer out peace treaties.
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Category: Devotionals
God Bless You
When I was nineteen, I was writing instinctively. That’s what I did. Others sketched or did music and the like. My innate purpose was to write. But at twenty-five, I put my typewriter in the closet.
The Tree of Knowledge of Good And Evil
"Knowledge is power" often implies knowledge will make us successful and better human beings. In many settings, this principle is helpful. However, it can take on a darker meaning.
The Best Offense Is A Good Defense
In most sports games, there are offensive plays and defensive plays. The same idea can be used to describe the spiritual war that wages around us.
Go And Sin No More
I recently had a powerful conversation with a wonderful friend. Have you ever had a friend who is so like-minded that it’s almost like having a great conversation with yourself?
You Are Not Alone
In the drawer of my nightstand is a bundle of handwritten notes that was delivered to my house in the fall of 2019. I was in the midst of a dark and difficult season in my mental health journey and...
Keep Filling Your Tank
When I was in sixth grade, I memorized my first lengthy Bible verse. I didn’t come from a Christian home. God, church, and the Bible were foreign to me, and so was memorizing Scripture.
Different? Not Good Enough?
I hear the shrillness in my mom’s voice, "Nancy, this is the fifth day this week that you can't find your glasses;. You’re making us all late for…"
Faith That Builds
“Well, Dan, God got a hold of me. I started coming up to camp in 1979 and never looked back.” I loved hearing more of Jimmy’s story in early May as I helped open Camp Paradise for its 48th...