When I fell in love with my husband in my mid-twenties, I thought I “knew” we were in love based on our attraction to one another, the...

#SpiritualGrowth #GrowinginChrist II Peter 3:18a “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Colossians 2:...

#ChurchFellowship #FamilyofFaith #CommunityWithinTheChurch Hebrews 10:25 “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do,...

#MiddleEasternHistoricalFiction #ChristianYoungAdultFiction The Timeless Apostle is a masterfully written novel that weaves together...

#ElephantBehavior #Unity #Friendship #ChristianLife In the wild, female elephants form a circle around the most vulnerable female...

#Trust #TrustIntheLord #Trials Recently I was asked what my “go to” scripture is when I’m facing hard times. The first thing that came to...

#TakingDowntheChristmasTree #Undecorating #GriefSorrowSadness John 16: 33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me....

Whenever someone refers to me as religious I recoil internally. I don’t think of myself as religious, and I don’t think describing...

#HowGreatThouArt #CreatorGod #AlaskaBeauty First verse and chorus of “How Great Thou Art” “Oh Lord, my God When I, in awesome wonder...

#Glory #GloryoftheLord #GloryofGod Once in a while a person holding a hand-written sign stands on a prominent street corner in our town....

#Walkbyfaith #WalkwiththeLord My father was a member of the Lion’s Club, and actively worked to improve the lives of those experiencing...

#Paradise #Lahaina #NewCreation Romans 8:20-24a “For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who...

As I was trying on clothes in a dressing room at one of my favorite stores, I was initially pleased that I looked thinner than I had...

(This redemptive story is shared with formal permissions from Heather Meyer-Russell and HeartReach Center) A month ago I felt my heart...

“What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear… What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we...

Since Father’s Day is this weekend, I’ve been thinking about what God says about the father/child relationship. Within the Ten...

Matthew 16: 13-18 “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘who do people say the Son of Man is?’...

I Corinthians 11:23-26 “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took...

Matthew 16:21 “From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands...

Col. 3:12 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness...