Toward Joy

Toward Joy Sunday, December 15, 2024, 5:37 a.m. Today is the third Sunday of Advent — joy. I am thinking about all who suffer, who find it so unattainable — to live it, breathe it, and enjoy it. In midwinter’s bleak season, joy is often offensive. How impossible it seems (especially when one is fighting to […]

New Beginnings

New Beginnings I’ve wrestled a lot with how to show up on the web. In my adult life, I’ve longed to write for as long as I can remember. And sometimes I have. I found things to share—life lessons I was working out, truths to share with my community, etc. But along the way, I […]

Blind Without Him

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts (Hebrews‬ ‭3:8) and if you cannot hear his voice‬‬, consider whose you’re listening to. Is it the voice of your Shepherd? Or the one of the thief? The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy(John 10:10); as accuser and deceiver (Rev 12:9-10). When you hear the narrative run through your mind, is it riddled with accusations and lies? Or is righteousness and holiness laced throughout? Does your tongue taste of gospel and grace?