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Sidelined again. After years of strengthening my body and treating old injuries, I had finally been able to enjoy the thing on this earth I love the most …running.

Our purpose is to follow Jesus, attitude and all, the best we can, yielding to the Holy Spirit for the power to change and grow as time marches on.

The older I get, the more dependent I become on my quiet morning conversations with God through prayer and His Word. As the decades drift by and my daughters grow up, I cling to His promises of hope, joy, peace, and wisdom. He is faithful in...

“Don’t envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord. You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed.” – Proverbs 23:17-18, NLT

God doesn’t require that we give up everything we have to love others well. But there are few things he has given us that he asks us to hold with open hands, ready to generously give a portion of in order for the people in our lives to get a taste...

Firefighters accept the daily pursuit of walking into fires. They are heroes among us that face the shadow of death and great peril, voluntarily.

It’s crazy how learned behavior can overtake us and how damaging we can be before we are aware of what we’re doing wrong.

“For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.” – Romans 5:10 NLTThe sneaky pitfalls of pride hijack the calm from our lives, causing...

The more we go to God and let go of them, the more joy we will find in watching them soar into God's will for their lives.

Jesus was compassionate to the people He met while He walked the earth. Particularly for His apostles and for those who followed and listened to His teachings and asked for healing. 

Positive thinking is important, but without proper roots, we may force our view of what is good in front of what God proclaims “good.” Gratefulness intersects with positivity in a realistic way which allows us to see what we currently have...

The more aware we are of who God is and who we are to Him, the more pronounced the chaos of the world feels some days. By praying the words of this Psalm, we choose to embrace the privilege of peace that comes as we walk with Christ instead.

“A friend loves at all times.” Proverbs 17:17 God’s intention of friendship is love. Friendship should be less about what we get out of it and more about how we can serve God through it. 1 Corinthians 13:13 reminds us that out of “faith, hope,...

Sometimes, it's hard to know what’s ‘for our own good’. But, when we look at our lives through the lens of the Lord, we are able to see things in a new light.

It’s been a tumultuous year for the world, to say the least. There are so many conflicts scattered across the globe that it’s hard to keep up, let alone fully understand the context and depth of each disagreement. The news is littered with a...

Who God is should spark gratefulness in us that cannot be squelched by any raging firestorm this world throws at us.

“God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24 NLT

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.” John 16:13 NLT

We are living in a loneliness epidemic. More connected to each other than ever, the word ‘self’ has been put in front of everything. Yet, we are our best ‘selves’ when we are not focused on …ourselves! We were never meant to live focused on...

Each voice is unique in tone and character, inflection, and delivery. But there is one voice that has the power to command the attention of every earthly and heavenly soul. Jesus.