I had just turned six and was anticipating Christmas. I said to my mother, “I love Jesus so much — what could I give Him for Christmas?” “Nothing”, she responded. “Jesus already has everything.”  While...

“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” Matthew 10:16 This message is part of Jesus’ sendoff to his disciples who are about...

Have you encountered a scene like the one above? Though this activity is legal, positioning yourself in the midst of a multitude of speeding, turning vehicles to acquire a few dollars seems unwise. In Luke...

 One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4 This little verse carries lots of meaning for me. See, my dad grew up in the foster care system. His...

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering! Each week, you’re invited to tune into our LIVE podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – recorded...

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s...

  This photo shows a collection of letters written to me by my Mom. Although she had an ample supply of paper, her beautiful cursive almost always filled an entire page, front and back, covering...

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:4 As a devotional writer, there is a temptation...

“In God We Trust” — or so our currency tells us. This is the official motto of the United States, but it’s clearly aspirational, not descriptive. Truth be told, we often listen to advertisements that...