Read Psalm 85:1-2 Are you feeling tested by overwhelming cares and losses this advent season? Are international news, bosses, broken cars, sinful habits, or relationships taking their toll and producing tension in your daily [...]

Read Luke 2:25-35 As we enter this story today, we find a man waiting for consolation. Have you ever been there? Perhaps you’ve been waiting for some answers or waiting for someone to show [...]

PREPARE The first 39 chapters of Isaiah are jam-packed with messages of worldly wickedness, unfaithfulness, destruction, and despair. Isaiah pleads with his audience to trust in the Lord and wait on him, but most [...]

Read Mark 13:24-37 We’ve all witnessed the signals of seasonal change. Here in Colorado, fall is welcomed with golden groves, winter brings flurries of snow, and spring blossoms in colorful array. For those in [...]

Read Psalm 80:1-7, 17-18 In Psalm 80, the people of Israel lament. They have messed up, they have disobeyed, and they desire to be restored. They cry, “O Lord God of hosts, let your [...]

Read 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Imagine yourself opening this letter after a particularly bad day. If you’re anything like me, you’d plop down in your chair, tears welling in your eyes, and be utterly thankful [...]

Read Isaiah 64:5 In our fast-paced and busy lives, we love to see the direct results of our hard work. We have been conditioned to expect the benefits of our efforts immediately. When the [...]

Read Genesis 15:1-6 We all know what waiting feels like. We wait in lines; we wait for promotions; we wait for marriages or children or for health to flourish. Life is full of waiting [...]

Read Isaiah 64:1-3 It was the worst night of my life. I had just gotten home after holding a student from our group while he gasped his last breath, and I felt like I was [...]

PREPARE Isaiah looks up to the grandeur of God dwelling in his holy and beautiful home. He calls out for answers because it seems God’s compassionate presence is nowhere to be found. This prophet [...]