Do we need help? Hope? Healing? Sometimes only a song will do
In the middle of our stress and struggle, our sickness, and our bondage, God knew we needed to sing and to be served by songs of hope.
Scripture prompts us to look for the ‘but God’ moments in our lives
There is no question concerning what God’s great love can and will do for us. His passion for our salvation, well-being, and transformation is guaranteed.
Praise God, the source of our blessings, so so many blessings!
God provides exactly what we need, neither more nor less. God’s children scooped up enough to eat to their fill; each had just the right amount, and there was none left for the next day. God’s provision was just in time and just the right amount.
Now is the time! God can use us to seize opportunities all around
“Please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us.”
What matters about a name? Quite a bit, according to King Solomon
“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.”
An overheard prayer with measurements I just cannot comprehend
One of our favorite post, this one from September 2021.
The things we do for love, especially the love we believers know
The things we do for love might be crazy, but the things we do for Christ’s love can change the world.
The ‘secret’ to your success may be something you’re not seeking
Was it skill, great strategy, or luck? Or was it something more basic, something that comes only from God.
How we all can prepare now to play well the inevitable endgame
Our bodies, like our houses, wear out even with constant attention. But there is a glorious endgame ahead of us.
For this light and momentary affliction, what we see is transient
All that concerns us here—the spiritual as well as the selfish—will eventually disappear. We can trust God to help us see the bigger picture.
A lesson for Job, a principle for everyone: God is God and we are not
God has promised to comfort us. But in his exchanges with Job, we see that God is a God who’s not afraid to challenge and correct.
Our remarkable privilege to have the most valuable treasure of all
The parade you’re a part of won’t last forever. And the treasure you’re carrying is best been when you admit the fragile vessel that’s carrying it.
Pondering our ‘triumphal procession,’ seeing the work of God
“Thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.”
Lessons from Paul on handling conflict and other difficulties
As I read the first chapter of 2 Corinthians, I am struck with how the apostle Paul managed a relationship with his brothers and sisters in Corinth in a season of tension and strained relationships.
Close friends, a painful loss, facing our grief and looking to God
God somehow takes our sadness, our faith, our hope, our confidence in the resurrection, our silence, and our honesty and uses them all mixed together.
‘Faith Beyond’: It can be our challenge for today and tomorrow
Buzz Lightyear, semester’s first chapel, a college’s new theme—and a challenge for every Christian to remember.
“I once was blind, but now I see.” It has happened often to me
One of our favorite posts, this one from August 2021.
Consider it a screenplay full of lessons about our suffering
It is a story of a man who appeared to have it all together in every area of life. Then suddenly, unexpected tragedy occurred. Many of us can relate.
The gift of work: unfortunately unopened by some people we know
In college, at work, in the church, with God—every area of human endeavor and progress needs the same.