Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is...

Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is...

8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to...

Colossians 1:9-12 9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be...

Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works...

A pandemic. A hurricane. The threat of murder hornets. A wildfire. Family crisis. Just thinking about this can be exhausting and...

“Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalms 55:22 All of us have...

How are you? This is the question we usually ask right after we say hello to someone we know. Generally, this question is met with a...

I can be a forgetful person. It is true; ask anyone close to me. I look for my keys, wallet, or phone at least once a day. I forget where...

What have you changed your mind on recently? Odd question I know. This past week I was able to attend the Orange Conference from the...

It’s May. I’ll say that again, it’s May. So much is happening this month, in particularly this week. Yesterday was Star Wars day and I...

Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...

Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...

Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...

Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...

Galatians 6:6-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...

Ephesians 4:2 Hardship has a way of making us hard. Difficult times can make us difficult. Life’s irritations often make us irritable. If...

In the summer of 2013, a year before I was brought on staff as children’s pastor, I was an intern at our church, specifically with the...

Mark 4:8, 20 When Trinity and I lived in New Orleans during our seminary years, we served a little country church about an hour north of...

Mark 4:7 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 18 Still others, like seed...

Mark 4:5-6 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when...

The Whisper of Another Voice Mark 4:3-4; 15 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along...

Mark 4:1-9 “Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it...

“Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the...

In the last 18 months, we have endured 2 seasons of major disruption to our lives. I find it interesting how in both of these...

If any of you know me, you know I am a worrier. I might mask it well for others, but fear is something I have always fought with. If you...

"The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He showers...

Many times, as we look back on a tragic situation, we tend to say, “Can you imagine if that had never happened?!” or “Think of how life...

Tunnel vision. It’s the type of vision that takes away our ability to see. I believe that’s the definition of irony. See, when we have...

“Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16...

"From everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him." Psalm 103:17 Most of us are pretty good at worrying,...

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and...

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort...

“He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3 The last 18 months have reminded all of us how tricky and...

“He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul;” Psalm 23:2-3 Everyone needs rest. Our...

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23 Almost every home cooked meal I enjoyed in childhood had at least one portion...

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Postponed. Cancelled. We...

“50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who...

From a popular 90’s phrase, “No Fear!” to a Bible fav, “Fear Not!”, there are plenty of voices telling us fear is a bad thing. And yet...

1 Timothy 1:1-2 2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings...

Acts 27 18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19 On the third...

Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the one     who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take     or sit in the...