Category Archives: General

Jesus never hurried past people. All through the Gospels, we see Him stop, notice, and give His full attention to those in front of Him—the Samaritan woman at the well, Zacchaeus in a tree, Matthew at his tax booth, and even a woman weeping at His feet.  Each encounter shows us what it means toContinue reading “Being Present”

“The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” -Psalm 118:6 Criticism is something we all face. It doesn’t matter who you are—whether you’re a pastor, a teacher, a parent, a friend, or a follower of Jesus trying to live out your faith—there will always be voicesContinue reading “Listening to His Voice”

When we talk about values it can sound noble: “I value God. I value my family. I value people.” These words are important—they name our hopes and convictions—but words alone don’t prove a thing. Jesus gives us a simple, searching measure of what we truly value—it’s what we treasure. Matthew 6:21 tells us: “For where yourContinue reading “What We Value”

Fear is an emotion every one of us knows. It can be small and practical—a nervousness before a difficult conversation—or it can be raw and all-consuming, like the dread that comes when we face sickness, loss, or the unknown. The surprising and freeing truth of the Gospel is that fear is not foreign to Jesus.Continue reading “Courage Over Fear”

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” -Acts 1:8 The mission that Jesus gave His disciples from the very beginning was to go and to be His witnesses. That callContinue reading “A Spirit-Filled Witness”

In Matthew 25:34–36, Jesus paints a powerful picture of what matters most when He returns: “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me somethingContinue reading “What Matters Most”

This past week my heart has been heavy. Like many of you, I’ve been wrestling with the tragic news of Charlie Kirk’s murder. One of the things that grieves me most is that this act of violence happened in a nation that claims to value free speech, yet someone felt justified in taking another person’sContinue reading “Every Life Matters to God”

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil… Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.” -Luke 4:1-2, 14 When we think of deserts, weContinue reading “A Time to Grow”

We all have a past. Every one of us carries failures, regrets, and mistakes we wish we could erase or redo. But the reality is—we can’t go back. We can only go forward. Too often I meet people who are stuck because they can’t get over their failures. They live in a cycle of guilt,Continue reading “He’s Doing A New Thing”

And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’)” -Mark 15:34 There are moments in life when God feels silent. Times when we pray, cry out, or even beg, and it seems as if He doesn’tContinue reading “He is Trustworthy and True”