On Saturdays, I participate in a spiritual recovery group. Together we’ve learned that if we want to experience real change, we must first identify our addiction, embrace our brokenness, and surrender...  Read More

You may be in the hardest season of your life, but this could also be your epic moment—the acme of your story, your most memorable contribution. Often, our breakdown becomes our breakthrough.At Calvar...  Read More

Have you ever felt like your faith robbed you of your freedom, joy, creativity, and spontaneity? You long to be loving and gracious, yet past teachings keep you locked into a list of dos and don’ts.In...  Read More

Early in life, it’s easy to get stuck in self-love, where everything revolves around you. It borders on narcissism—you love to see and hear your own name. If not self-love, then group-love becomes the...  Read More

One of my greatest failures as a parent was overreacting to my children’s small mistakes—treating every wrong as if it were life or death. Boy, was I wrong! The German theologian Rupertus Meldenius on...  Read More

God has given you a good life—don’t wait until you’re in the last quarter of it to realize that. Not everyone was given this chance. Life isn’t something you just get; it’s something God has graciousl...  Read More

No matter who you are or what you’ve done, you can be saved by the grace of God. That’s the heartbeat of the book of Romans—the good news of salvation is available through Jesus Christ to anyone willi...  Read More

Some of us have endured awful, shameful, and humiliating experiences—accidents, divorces, sicknesses, addictions, imprisonment, layoffs, losses, broken dreams, and wasted years. Yet these very wounds ...  Read More

Well, we all are—falling and getting back up—a constant seesaw between defeat and victory, sin and forgiveness. We want to do good but evil always gets in the way.Sin exposes us, and as self-made Amer...  Read More

Honesty with God Brings FreedomLife often hands us unfair moments, stirring up anger, disappointment, or confusion. But healing doesn’t come from silence or pretense—it comes from honesty. God invites...  Read More

Thanks for taking this short journey with Jonah—a whale of a tale indeed! Many lessons swim out of this story, but two kept knocking on my heart’s door.1. God’s Relentless LoveWhat amazed me most was ...  Read More

In the WildernessWhen Jesus was about thirty, the Spirit led Him into the wilderness, where He faced wild animals and the adversary (Mark 1:12-13). Deep transformation rarely happens in comfort—it oft...  Read More