Christian Life

As Jesus traveled to Galilee, He had huge following of those who witnessed Him heal the sick. It was time for the Jewish feast of Passover, and He knew the multitude needed to be fed. […]

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the […]

I carried the container of sand home on a three-hour road trip. Sun and friendship and salty air will always be fond memories connected to that little bag of sand. And something else—brokenness. The glorious […]

When we accept the calling of God on our lives, boy, are we on fire! We proudly declare that nothing will stop us from doing the work of the Lord! Unexpectedly, obstacles pop up and […]

Did you ever have a beloved blankie as a child? Mine was a splotchy, magenta beauty I abused until it was in pieces. I cherished it. My mom did not. When I looked for it […]

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 […]