“All these toys were never intended to possess my heart. My true good is in another world, and my real treasure is Christ.” — C.S. Lewis The good news in Lewis’s words is that while our true good awaits us in the world to come, we don’t have to wait until then to begin enjoying… Read More »

I tend to treat helpful spiritual insights like emergency rations – collecting them, labeling them, storing them away so I’ll be ready for whatever comes. And God has used that instinct to abundantly bless me and many others in our journey with Christ. Holding onto what God has shown us matters. Remembering His faithfulness, treasuring… Read More »

In a paradox, the familiar biblical instruction to “Be anxious for nothing” (Philippians 4:6) includes anything and everything we can experience. It includes family matters: the child who’s struggling and you don’t know how to help, the growing responsibilities of caring for aging parents, or the conversation you know you need to have but keep… Read More »

Meister Eckhart, a medieval theologian, once wrote, “God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding, and so gives Himself away.” He seems to do this even more in springtime, when the world becomes His paint‑box: flowers wave at us in the sunlight, orchards breathe out their fragrance, lawns wake up, and trees… Read More »

The Lord is indeed impressive! Astonishing, really. Especially in the creative ways He nurtures our faith… how He keeps us believing forward. I’m just a couple of years south of fifty in this walk with Him. I’ve traveled some miles. He hasn’t given me everything I’ve wanted, and He has allowed things I never wanted.… Read More »

There’s a part of us that wants to cling to “normal.” Because normal has its own kind of comfort. It’s familiar, predictable, contained, manageable. And most days, we don’t step beyond it – unless something pushes us. But I’m learning that the borders of “normal” are not the borders of God’s goodness. Indeed, as David… Read More »

“For in Christ all the fullness of God lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Him” (Colossians 2:9–10). So… what exactly is fullness? Fullness is the effect of Christ’s living presence within us. It’s our experience of Him woven right into the real life we’re actually living – the sweet parts,… Read More »

Here’s how I’ve come to think about worship these days. Worship is accepting God’s invitation to enjoy Him. It’s pausing long enough to acknowledge His power, His wisdom, His love for us, and His endless creativity. To allow His glory to permeate and settle into our spirits. For me, it’s more than a spiritual discipline,… Read More »

When you give someone a gift, you want them to enjoy it. Their smile becomes your smile. Their delight becomes your delight. Their joy becomes your joy. Scripture says, “the gift of God is eternal life.” Not merely life that lasts forever, but life that begins now – life shared with Him. Eternal life is… Read More »

Have you ever wondered why your spiritual life can feel like it’s purring beautifully one day and sputtering and smoking the next? There will always be surges and stalls in our spiritual journey because we have a faulty engine called the flesh. But faith in what Christ has done for us – and in seeking… Read More »