If you’re a son or daughter of Adam and Eve, you have wounds. I’ve never met a person who hasn’t been marked—scars, injuries, hidden bruises that shape us. Whether we want to admit it or not, wounds a...  Read More

The primary goal of Christianity is reconciliation, union, and oneness. Jesus’ final and deepest prayer before leaving this earth was anchored in that very desire: “My prayer is not for them alone. I ...  Read More

“The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’” (Jeremiah 31:3)Jeremiah 31 sits in the middle of one of the most h...  Read More

Romans 6:11 — “Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.”Everybody in the neighborhood knows this is a different house from the past owner.At one time, the place was peeling paint...  Read More

“Be strong and of good courage.” — Joshua 1:9In Healing the Masculine Soul, Gordon Dalbey tells a remarkable story. A pastor friend once shared with him about a man in his church who was tormented by ...  Read More

Genesis 1:26 — “Let Us make mankind in Our image, in Our likeness…”God is our Father, and men are made in His image. We are image bearers—carriers of His character, courage, strength, and purpose.Befo...  Read More

Grade your grace. Are you open to honest dialogue?This means becoming someone who truly respects and values all people as worthy of the love and sacrifice Christ demonstrated. It means honoring their ...  Read More

Psalm 118:17 — “I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.”There was a moment I’ll never forget — standing in the stairwell of the hospital after hearing the doctor’s words: “Y...  Read More

What you love and what you hate—those two forces often collide to create your perfect storm.Your deepest pain usually points directly to your purpose.CNN once quoted Mother Teresa saying,“When I see w...  Read More

This is your time.Your slice of life.Your one chance to walk this earth with breath in your lungs and purpose in your bones.Solomon said,“However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all.” ...  Read More

“There is a time (ʿēt, עֵת) for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1The temptation of spring can be unsuspectingly consuming — its blossoming flowers, war...  Read More

“I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.” — Leviticus 26:4 (NIV)It’s hard to know where you’re going when you’re lost within yourself.Before ...  Read More