God Never Tires
Carie Grant2024-10-20T06:42:58-06:00I want to be “on” every moment. If I drink the right amount of coffee, with the right amount of sugar, after the perfect amount of sleep — I can approach that. There are [...]
A Pivotal Moment and Change of Perspective
Sherry Sommer2024-10-20T06:47:25-06:00I was 16 going on 17; it was summer, and my formerly favorite English teacher was spending extended time in the doghouse of my mind. Why, you might ask, would I be wasting vacation time [...]
A Spiritual Discipline Prescription
Aaron Bjorklund2025-06-19T10:33:37-06:00by Aaron Bjorklund “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward [...]
Conspicuous Righteousness
Kathleen Petersen2024-03-10T14:51:52-06:00by Kathleen Petersen When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their [...]
God is Not a Vending Machine
Grace Hunter2024-03-09T11:46:25-07:00by Grace Hunter When you read the book of Job you encounter a common mindset: If bad things happen to me or my family, I must have broken God’s rules. If I live by [...]
Fasting, Transformation and Justice
Sherry Sommer2024-03-10T14:31:16-06:00Sherry Sommer When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in [...]
Scene or Seen – Sacrifice or Mercy
Bruce Hanson2024-03-09T11:18:03-07:00by Bruce Hanson Fasting “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their [...]
Jesus: Lawgiver and Law Fullfiler
Carolyn Schmitt2024-08-08T15:57:26-06:00As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. [...]
Lust is Lazy & Short-term
Kathleen Petersen2024-08-08T15:57:26-06:00“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If [...]
Parenting 101
Aaron Bjorklund2025-06-19T10:33:43-06:00If you have been a parent, or are a young person not far from your childhood years, I have no doubt that you can well remember those times when your mom told you to [...]
