Don’t Leave Your Joy Outside the Door

Don’t Leave Your Joy Outside the Door

The season of Lent is not always a season of joy, and we can often dissect joy from this time of reflection. Our problem is that our joy is most often tied to our circumstances. Despite the suffering He endured, Jesus’ joy remained constant.

JourneyWise Advent Resources 2024

JourneyWise Advent Resources 2024

The other day, I was at Costco, headed to the paper towels, when I overheard a conversation that caught my attention. I casually pulled my buggy up to the children’s book area to see what the commotion was about. “A Bluey advent calendar!!! We have to have...
A Gospel for the Wanderer

A Gospel for the Wanderer

It seems for quite a lot of people, there is a very real need to assert that they may be wandering, but they’re definitely not lost, and no one needs to save them. Bumper stickers proclaim this “not lost-ness” and Pinterest boards are filled with memes about the virtues of wandering.

Keep Knocking

Keep Knocking

What do you do when you don’t just want something, but you genuinely need it? You find a way to get it, don’t you? You keep pushing for it, and you don’t back down. You know that no one is going to give you what you need. You have to make it happen on your own.