This is the faith phase where you are starting to feel confident about the basics of your faith and you’re looking for some concrete & practical ways to grow beyond the basics. This can mean anything from overcoming doubt to finding your “tribe” or faith community (and everything in between). Let’s go there together!
Back in March of 2020 I completely lost my sense of taste and smell. Since then, many others have also experienced this odd phenomenon thanks to Covid-19. If you are one of the few who hasn't experienced this, let me tell you - it was weird! I've lost partial sense...
You know Paul from the Bible? If you do know who that is then, chances are, you know at least two things about him. 1) He used to be known as "Saul" in his former career as a Christian-killer, and 2) he boasted about his weaknesses. (For those of you who don't know...
“Where is that joyful spirit we felt together then? In those days, I knew you would gladly have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.” (Galatians 4:15 NLT) Have you ever felt like you lost your joy? I’m talking about a time where...
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your...
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Romans 11:33 NIV Anyone else out there kind of a control freak? Or, maybe you wouldn’t go as far as the “freak” part, but you would...
Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”Mark 5:19 NIV There are two types of experiences that we talk about being defined by: 1) successes and 2) failures. When...
“For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me…”Acts 27:23 NLT I don’t know much about navigating by the stars. Actually, that’s already an exaggeration. I know ONE thing about navigating by the stars. There’s a special star...
“BUT GOD was fulfilling what all the prophets had declared about the Messiah beforehand – that he must suffer all these things.” (Acts 3:18 NLT) Someone I once knew told me that any time the word “but” is in a sentence, nothing said before the but matters. I love...
"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me." 1 Corinthians 15:10 ___ “How have I let people down today?” When you ask yourself that above...
When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you all into truth. John 16:13a NLT ___ Let's talk tire tread for a second. Do you know why it's there and how it works? I knew a tiny amount - basically just that it provides traction. I was curious so I googled it to...
