Christian Life

There is no doubt that forgiveness is one of the most difficult things to practice. When we have been hurt so many times, those walls seem to build and our hearts tend to harden to […]

Last week, we moved from Minnesota to Texas. I literally loaded my van in a snowstorm- and two days later ended up unpacking wet stuff in 80-degree heat. It has been a hard transition as […]

“Then this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other, only then will my covenant […]

Fire. We read of Daniel and the three Hebrew boys being thrown into the fiery furnace, Moses and the burning bush, and Elijah calling down fire from heaven. Fire is powerful and all-consuming. It destroys […]

There are often times that Scripture speaks out to me differently than when I have read the same Scripture before. I happened to be going through a tough season, and I started following a Bible […]

Lately it seems it’s 1 step forward, 10 steps back. We’re beginning to wonder if things will ever feel normal again.  With external circumstances changing on the daily, our feelings and emotions can easily be […]

Ephesians 4:11–13, a familiar passage, affirms that we not only have God’s Word and Spirit to teach us, He provides trainers. He gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers to the church for a specific […]

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Matthew 11:28 Do you remember Samuel’s mother? We call her Hannah. Other people in her life had different […]

A few weeks ago, during our Father’s Day service, we had a visiting minister join us. He was speaking about Joseph and how he understood that this earth is not our home. I’ll be honest: […]

Those who know my father will remember well his laughter ringing through the church sanctuary. But can they discern his mumble over the rhythm of the washing machine? Would they recognize the way his feet […]