God has so many facets, but one of my favorites is God the Creator. I love how he is an expert creator, but he left room for his creation to create, too. He could have created cars, computers, and coffee from the beginning, but he knew they would come to exist. He lovingly left room…
We went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. (Ps. 66:12 ESV) My mom must have kept every letter I ever wrote to her. Last year, when she was moving into a smaller home, she gave them back. In the days when long-distance phone calls were…
This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. And the seed on the rock are those who, when they…
It’s been weeks since Easter. As everyone else seems to be moving on from the empty tomb, I can’t stop thinking about his resurrection. I think about the disciples after his crucifixion. Three days to process the inconceivable loss of their leader, teacher, mentor, friend, brother. Did they try to comfort themselves with the same…
There’s a concept in mathematics known as fractals. Without getting too far into the weeds with a definition, fractals are self-repeating patterns. Imagine a picture of hundreds of triangles within triangles. Zoom in one aspect of the triangle, and you find the same pattern as the larger picture; the repeating pattern allows you to zoom…
I stood at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, saltwater burning my throat, sand between my teeth, my wild curls wet and windswept. I was squinting because I had just lost my favorite pair of sunglasses among the waves. This was my first real encounter with the ocean, and I didn’t know it had so…