“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” (Ps. 42:2 NIV) “Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation.” (Ps. 35:9 NIV) Do a quick Google search of “good for the soul,” and you find the outdoors, confession, laughter, sunny days,…
I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24 NLT) In this month of resurrection celebration, I often return to the beautiful story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and Jesus’ love for them, especially in the sisters’ time of devastating loss. Jesus hears that his dear friend Lazarus is sick, and the man’s sisters…
The concept of being revived is essential and a great place to begin our conversations. Bringing something back to life for the home is such a satisfying process, whether it’s a piece of furniture we found by the side of the road, or a family heirloom long forgotten. And God’s hand reviving us is no…
In the spirit of transparency, I want to tell you up front that this will likely be the most disgusting devotional you have ever read. That said, I hope it will also encourage you in those “messy” spots in life. After all, isn’t the messy where Jesus does his best stuff sometimes? Let’s dive in….
If I asked you what the best college sports program was, you might have an opinion, and you might not. (Those who do college sports do them passionately.) If I asked you your favorite breakfast, you’d tell me about eggs and bacon or a fruit and yogurt parfait, a McMuffin, avocado toast, banana bread hot…
For years, I clung to the notion that bad decisions led to bad stories and good decisions led to good stories. I desperately and naïvely wanted to believe this was true—that we had some control over our stories. But we know it isn’t true, don’t we? We live in a broken world, and our stories…