The Ugly “S” Word…
Stillness comes through submission and submission requires trust. Throughout the years, the word submit has become an ugly word. However, it takes choosing to say, "Okay, God, I give it all to You. Both my failures and victories, I place them in Your hands. Every dream I've ever dreamed and every tear I've ever shed are Yours. I trust You."...
The Struggle to Live a Still Life (An October Series)
To be still in God doesn't mean we can't move ahead. It doesn't mean we can't pursue dreams and passions placed deeply inside our souls. Being still in His presence actually means moving within it. it's about stepping forward at His pace and never our own. The gravity of the sun is what keeps the planets in orbit. Its force holds them in...
Two Valid Points When Considering our Gifts (And an Announcement about Write 31 Days)
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. -1 Peter 4:10 Last Saturday morning, September 19th, I was preparing to teach a Bible study when I recognized the date. It was my three year blogging anniversary. This one went unnoticed. A slow transformation has taken place since...
The View of Your Battlefield
Righteousness is known to form from the press and crush of struggle. I once stood on a battlefield of brokenness and somehow it transformed into a lavish field of life flowing from the Hand of the One and Only. I had to learn to set my gaze on the Son. I adjusted my view, and allowed the Word to transform the ground I walked upon. We can only...
When Stories Merge
We often hear that every life has a story. It's become trendy phraseology. I say it myself because of the truth in it, but I also realize there is a flipside to this particular way of thinking. Your life was created with specific significance, yes, but what about when your life intersects with another? What we don't speak about quite as...
For Those Who are Trying to Find Their Place in Community
Where is your place? Where do you fit? Or do you never seem to find it? We search and press forward with fortitude, praying that when the night falls there will be peace within our weary bones. And that when the dawn comes, we will be refreshed and renewed, free of the chains that enslave us in to thinking we don't belong. Because God is doing...
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All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete,
thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17










