“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this…
One of God’s most mysterious qualities is that he’s always there, yet we can experience his presence in a specific moment or a specific place. This can happen anywhere, unexpectedly, at any time. But maybe even more miraculously, it can also happen according to a predictable rhythm. There are a few times every year that…
Our vacuum broke. I’d ignored a cracked clip for about a year, convincing myself that Shark vacuums are so high-quality that the fact the canister no longer had an unbroken seal wasn’t a problem. But eventually, our vacuum made it clear that my efforts to keep the carpets clean were no longer working. Instead of…
I have a confession. I have a brown thumb, not a green thumb. My gardening skills are never wildly successful, and my poor flowers tend to meet an untimely demise. I joke with my husband that I’m grateful my ability to keep our children healthy and thriving has no correlation to my ability to grow…
“We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” (Psalm 78:4 ESV) Like so many of my fellow Americans, I tuned into Disney+ on July 3, 2020 to watch the live cast recording of…
That night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man…