Long ago, Israel found themselves in tough circumstances brought on by their sin. They had decided that God was not enough for them and wandered off into idolatry, mimicking the pagan lifestyles of nations around them.   They had been captured by other nations and...

I've always enjoyed the magic of the Christmas season, but this year is especially significant. My babies are seeing their first Christmas lights, getting their first gifts, listening to the Christmas story for the first time, and hearing their first Christmas hymns....

The term personal development is a term I see thrown around a lot these days. I see it used most often by business growth marketing gurus and self-help books that provide a step-by-step process for living happier lives. It is defined by Wikipedia as, “activities that...

What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?   Humans are drawn to beautiful things. It’s how we are wired. Brain scans reveal that the sight of an attractive product can actually trigger the motor cerebellum, a part of the brain that governs hand movements....

In Luke 7:36-50 a woman who is simply identified as a “sinner” takes expensive perfume and pours it over Jesus feet and washes them with her hair and tears. This is not the only place in the Bible that we see a display like this, but this instance is the one that I...

Is this holiday season supposed to be a time of celebration...or of mourning? Most people would argue that it is a fully joyous occasion and there is no reason for sadness. However, as Christians, I hope we can make room for a little bit of both. We will be observing...

My children sleep peacefully through the night. My husband has a job that pays enough to keep us comfortable and doesn’t keep him away too long from his family. I transition gracefully into being a Stay at Home Mom and eventually find the perfect teaching job that...

"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night and day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”...

I’m sitting here scratching my head. I already had something written for this post but after reading it today, I determined to scrap it for another day. I feel like I’ve been beating the same drum this year.   Rest in Jesus. Press In. Go Deep With Him.   But this is...

If asked I will be the first to tell you that the house our family lives in now isn’t where we want to be. I could list off the problems we have with the location, the disappointments and heartbreaks we’ve faced in our 2 years here, and all the reasons we feel we’d...