From the darkness of death to the eternal light of life
Part 2: I Need a Favor Have you ever asked God for a favor?Maybe you pray like God owes you. Before bedtime, my sons will pray things like: “God, let the Chargers win tomorrow’s game.”“God, I pray everyone remembers the lyrics for the Christmas musical.” It’s almost as if they’re asking for a favor. They... Continue Reading →
Part 1: Fig Tree Faith Have you ever committed the sin of rubbernecking while driving? I have! No matter how strong my willpower is, I can’t help but turn my head and look. It doesn’t matter if it’s a car crash or an odd tourist trap along the highway. My impulse to look can’t be... Continue Reading →
Recently, a friend asked me a simple question: “Does going to church make you feel better?” I wanted to respond with an emphatic yes. Instead, I hesitated and muttered an abrupt, unconvincing, “Yeah… I guess.” As the words slid out, I felt awkward and anxious. Had I just made church sound too simple, like a... Continue Reading →
Part 3: The Eternal Embrace In Part One of this series, you were invited to explore my personal grief. In Part Two, we reflected on the world’s grief—how it clings to false feelings of forever. Now, we turn to God’s grief. Why is Jesus called the God who weeps? And how can the One who... Continue Reading →
Part 2: False Feelings of Forever Last week, I shared my own struggles with grief—how Jesus met me, strengthened me, and used me through it. This week, I want to take a closer look at what grief really is and what it stirs in us. In time, we’ll see that grief can actually be good—but... Continue Reading →
Oftentimes themes seem to occur repeatedly in our lives. It is comparable to when people are talking about a specific topic. For example, you might be discussing the future purchase of a car. After the discussion, by way of mysterious magic, car ads start flooding your social media feed. What makes it scarier is... Continue Reading →
Being Spirit-called or Spirit-led is like a heavy weight or gravitational pull on my heart as of late. What is God telling me to be and to do? Am I being obedient to his will and calling for my life? In my personal reading a suggested book came across my queue. The book is called... Continue Reading →
Life offers relationships built upon feelings of forever. Sometimes these relationships seem to come and go like the quick rise and fall of the sun. Relationships, for some reason, are only for a season. Often, we neglect that the relationship had a mighty big reason. I am lucky enough to have friendships that have endured... Continue Reading →
Lit Lamp For The Soul 