Embracing the Brevity and Transiency of Life
Accepting the reality of our transient lives, along with God’s eternal truths, can help us to apply our hearts to wisdom in the daily grind of our fleeting days.
Falling Apart, or Falling Into Place?
Sometimes it feels like your world is falling apart when it may actually just be falling into place.
Peace in Troubled Times
Peace isn’t the absence of troubles, it’s God filling our hearts despite them. So when fearful or anxious thoughts come, remind yourself of Jesus’ words: “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Grace Is Greater Than Our Doubts
Jesus acted as a good and tender Shepherd to Thomas in his doubts. Jesus never ennobled his unbelief; rather, He rescued him despite this weakness. This is grace in action.
When Faith Requires You to Stand Alone
It takes courage to stand alone, and oftentimes we find ourselves in situations and places where our faith requires us to do so.
Breaking Our Flask for God
The value of our devotion to God can never be measured by the world’s metrics, or by people who don’t understand our heart.
When Is It Wrong to Pray?
When is it wrong to pray? Our prayer life must not only be an intimate communion of words, but an obedient course of action.
Hope from Charlottesville and Spain
From Charlottesville to Spain, I see images of HOPE that evil will be overcome with good. How are you doing at guarding your heart from the anger, vitriol, and hostility that has become the social norm of our time?
Overcoming Intimidation: Facing Our Fears
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? When you feel small and powerless? Jehoshaphat shows us that fear isn’t necessarily the absence of faith; it can actually be a catalyst for faith when it leads us to the right place.
REMIX: An Urban Youth and Camp Workers Retreat
This Retreat is for any and all children and urban youth workers from gospel rescue missions, urban camps and churches, after school programs, tutoring, shelter/residential programming, camping, urban basketball league.