Did you know that Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, created his own version of the New Testament? He called it The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. But in this version, ...  Read More

My friend recently saw a pink, light-up Halloween decoration that read, “Embrace Death.” It was meant to be cheeky, maybe even edgy—but it struck me as chillingly prophetic.I’ve heard that in the late...  Read More

Why Wonder?Have you ever wondered - why did John wonder?“And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great...  Read More

Effortless Change: When Desire Meets SurrenderI’ve been listening to Beckett Cook’s podcasts lately, and they’ve been deeply moving. Beckett, a former homosexual, invites others with similar backgroun...  Read More

We were on vacation while Charlie Kirk was martyred and I didn’t feel it appropriate to post any vacation pictures, nor desirous to post anything to call attention away from the situation.But watching...  Read More

Have you ever sat in a parked car and suddenly felt like you were moving—just because the car next to you started to roll? For a split second, your senses scream, “We’re moving!” even though you know ...  Read More

We Need to UnderstandHow can we truly minister to people if we don’t understand where they’ve been—or where they’re going? We can’t.Every behavior has a motive. And behind that motive is often a wound...  Read More

Can you imagine the American Indians all over the United States rising up and declaring this was their land? Can you imagine if others nations supported their cause and gave them millions of dollars t...  Read More

Let Your End Be BetterThe story of Samson in the book of Judges is really not a pleasant read, but contains so many teaching points. Let’s look at one. He judged Israel for two decades, but he obvious...  Read More

How can we as a body of Christ, a church, compete with “Brews and Brats”, Wrestling, church in a brewery or “Weed Day”? Yes, I’m speaking of all these things in church. Well, we can’t! And honestly we...  Read More

Why It MattersHave you seen these terms? I read them and immediately dismissed them as nonsense. And an hour later in a book I was reading, I read this:“…..’sexual orientation’ is what we call a neolo...  Read More

We were talking about our lives and the progression of them. I had a heart to follow the Lord, but as my dear husband said, “You didn’t know how.” So very true! We were floundering out there in a worl...  Read More