“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29)
“Mom, did ya know no one’s ever seen a black hole?”
“Really? I had no idea,” I said.
My son is learning about space at school. He comes home excitedly talking about never-ending black [...]

“‘Come follow me,’ Jesus said, … At once they left their nets and followed him” —Matthew 4:19, 20 NIV.
I wonder if the fishermen-turned-disciples, having made their decision to follow Christ, ever looked back at those nets with a certain amount of separation anxiety?
Over fifteen years ago, I sat on my sofa watching the last of [...]

I discovered one of the great misunderstandings of humanity the other day. Aren’t you amazed? It’s actually something I’m sure you know already. We believe our problems are new. We believe our pain is new. We grovel and moan about our current stresses. People act like certain rebellions and afflictions are new. Solomon professed there [...]

Leah was unloved.  Jacob, her husband did not love her.  He loved her sister, Rachel.
Leah was the one who was picked last for the dodge ball team, the one who went to prom alone when the boy that she wanted did not notice her.  She did not get married because someone asked her father for [...]

Last year God blessed me with a special dog and I named her Gracie because she’s a tangible reminder of God’s grace in my life. In the months I’ve had her, she’s provided comfort and assurance of God’s constant love and presence and she’s taught me many things. Like most dogs, Gracie is a creature [...]

I sat in silence watching as the tears fell from her eyes. The air was heavy and her sorrow palpable. I felt her burden. I felt the tension between her head and her heart, the battle between flesh and spirit. Her eyes were full of uncertainty and fear.
She was facing the consequences of her choices, [...]

While visiting my sister recently, I headed out for a morning walk but grabbed her iPod instead of mine. It turned out to be a good mistake as I enjoyed listening to a new mix of music. A song came on that I’d heard before but hadn’t paid much attention to. The lyrics, mingled with [...]

Nebuchadnezzar said to them,
“Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods and you do not worship the golden statue that I have set up?  Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble to fall [...]

“Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisors, ‘Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?…I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods” —Daniel 3:24, 25 NIV.
Joanne Sher, who also writes [...]

What a way to start the year!  We’ve spent the past few weeks with our hearts opened to new ideas of how resolutions can become realities in Christ and the possibilities have been endless.  Maybe you found that your resolutions were exactly what the Lord had planned for you to focus on, perhaps you missed [...]