Focus Thinking | Philippians 4:8
Look at a person's planner and you’ll see their priorities. Look at their checkbook and you’ll see what they treasure...
Freedom Fighter: Duty | Luke 10:38-42
38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But [...]
Freedom to Feel | The Psalms
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Psalm 13:1 The psalms are a collection of songs and poems that have touched people for [...]
Self-Reflection/Confession | Jonah 3:6-9
The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, “By [...]
Repent | Genesis 35:1-4
When God re-appears on the scene, he invites action. God doesn't want Jacob to settle for Shechem, so he tells him to "arise" and go further ...
Awareness of Lostness | Luke 15:3-7
3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go [...]
Dark = Fear + Grief Light = Presence + Freedom
by Grace Hunter In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a man who was [...]
The Down Side of Absolute Truth
Christians used to be at the cutting edge of the arts, now we tend to be a few years behind. I was in a discussion the other day about creativity and how the church is [...]
I Was Lost, Until I Was Found
by Loyed? Petersen Providentially, those who volunteered me to write this devotional, misspelled my name, spelling it in the “past tense” (i.e., “...ed”). But I can make something of it. Recently I had a [...]
This is a Wake Up Call!
Marriage is the most explicit metaphor Jeremiah uses in his wake up call for Judah. This is his message: the people and leaders claimed to worship God in the temple. In reality, they had long [...]
Finally Thinking About Heaven
I used to think the hope of heaven was a cop out. I thought it was a way for us to make ourselves feel better about loss we had incurred. I know that as [...]
I’d Rather Have a Shortcut, Please
I am the kind of person who takes shortcuts. There is not a “hack” I haven’t tried, a corner I haven’t cut. I believe I can pray, while scrubbing dishes, while also performing deep [...]
