When was the last time you were struck with awe? Left amazed and bewildered? Captivated by wonder? I am trying to remember. I know certain things cultivate wonder a bit more easily in me, like gazing at newborns or…
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Jesus
Follower: one who comes behind or after another; one who models or imitates. Jesus repeats this same command over and over; “Come follow me.” I cannot find a single time He directed His disciples or anyone else to go…
Reading through the book of Mark, one phrase catches me: “They took offense at Him.” (Mark 6:3b). Jesus had come home. He brought His friends, the disciples, along. When the Sabbath rolled around, they went to the synagogue like…
How would you react to a life altering, massively changing moment in your life…followed by blindness? For three days, Saul waited, prayed, pondered and wrestled with what had happened to him. First, he was proceeding with his day, and…
Sometimes we just need peace and quiet. This world is noisy. Even our own lives are noisy. Ringing, honking, sirens, bells, alarms, chatter, music, on and on the list goes. Stealing away from all the things of life and…
I have learned one thing to be consistently true about my nature; I am a “with me” person. I love to have someone with me when times are challenging, when I need to get a job done, or when…
Broken hearts, broken dreams, broken lives…brokenness. Everywhere we look, we can see brokenness in the lives of those we love and those we do not even know. Some brokenness has entered these lives by poor, personal choices. Mistakes made…chart…
Every morning, the rooster beckons the sunrise with a call for all to be reminded, it is a new day. In reading and reflecting during this Lent season, I am captivated by Peter’s denial of Christ. Jesus tells Peter,…