Modern medicine can perform remarkable procedures like heart transplants and stent placements that extend and improve lives. Yet even the most successful surgeries cannot overcome the reality that every earthly life eventually comes to an end.

A familiar song led me back to Ezekiel 37 with fresh eyes. What I once thought was simply a story about bones coming together is actually a powerful reminder that God brings hope to people who feel completely defeated.

The psalm points ultimately to Jesus Christ, the King who demonstrated true power by humbly sacrificing himself for humanity and rising victorious over sin and death.

God’s transforming power can lead us to do things we never thought possible.

While death often brings both sorrow and relief, Jesus’ sacrifice transformed the darkness of sin into the promise of eternal life.

Life can change in a moment, taking us from seasons of joy and blessing into unexpected storms.

Our daily struggles are rooted in the brokenness that the fall brought about in Genesis.

Most of us want to hear bad news first so we can brace ourselves, yet we prefer to give good news first because delivering hard truth is uncomfortable. The disciples felt this tension in Mark 9 when Jesus told them about His coming death.

In Mark 2, Matthew moved beyond merely knowing about God to leaving everything and following Jesus after experiencing His kindness and acceptance.

Proverbs 14:4 reminds us that a clean manger usually means nothing meaningful is happening. Real life, real work, and real love always create a bit of a mess.

Just as Jesus immediately followed the Spirit’s leading and His disciples immediately left everything to follow Him, we are called to pursue God's wisdom and serve others without delay.

As the disciples watched Jesus ascend, they likely felt overwhelmed by the responsibility ahead of them. Yet Jesus had already given them the Holy Spirit as their helper and guide.

In Luke 22, the disciples move from fearing they might betray Jesus to arguing over who is the greatest—all during their final meal with him. Their failure reflects the same weakness we often see in ourselves. Yet the beauty of the gospel is that Jesus still offers forgiveness.

Jesus made His mission clear: to seek and save the lost.

When we come before God honestly and persistently, we discover a loving Father who hears, responds, and transforms us from the inside out.

In a culture quick to criticize, Jesus calls us to something different. Instead of pointing fingers, we’re invited to reflect His kingdom through everyday acts of love and humility.

Are we welcoming and pursuing those far from God, or quietly drifting toward judgment like the Pharisees?

The Holy Spirit dwells in us. But in the storms, it is easy to focus on the storm and fail to trust that Jesus is already aware of the storm and waiting for us to simply trust that he has neither forgotten us nor is unable to help us through the storms of life.

This Holy Week is an opportunity to reflect on Jesus and to consider if we are fully trusting and believing all that he said and, more, all that he did for us at the cross and at his resurrection. 

Holy Wednesday is another opportunity for confession and repentance. Are there areas of your life that you keep hidden that are not in line with the life of a follower of Christ?