As Old As Eden– Week 2 – Turning Stones Into Bread(Matthew 4:1–4) The transition was violent. One moment, Jesus was...

As Old As Eden– Week 1 – When Faith Was Easy(Genesis 2–3; Luke 4:1–13) Before the rules, before religion, and...

The View from Abarim (Numbers 27) The climb to the top of Mount Abarim wasn’t steep, but it was slow....

Where God Meets You– Week 8 – The Target on Your Back(Jeremiah 20; Matthew 5:11-12) The political puppet show in...

– Week 8 – Where God Meets You– Week 8 – Even If He Doesn’t(Daniel 3; Matthew 5:10) The air...

Where God Meets You– Week 7 – To Be Righteous… or to Be Right (Genesis 13; Matthew 5:9) The heat...

Where God Meets You– Week 6 –  An Undivided Heart(Numbers 13-14; Matthew 5:8) The desert of Paran was a furnace...

Where God Meets You– Week 5 –  Burning the Ledger (Genesis 45:1-15; Matthew 5:7) Joseph sat upon the height of...

Where God Meets You– Week 4 – Desperate to Belong(Genesis 32:22-32; Mattheew 5:6) It was nightfall on the edge of...

Where God Meets You– Week 3 – The Knife and the Hem (1 Samuel 24; Matthew 5:5) The air inside...

Where God Meets You– Week 2 – When the Weight Finally Lands(2 Samuel 11-12; Matthew 5:4) The air in the...

Where God Meets You– Week 1 – When Nothing is All You Have Left(Exodus 3-4; Matthew 5:3) Forty years in...

Lost, Found, & Home– Week 5 – Just Come Home(Luke 15) For most of my life, I thought the story...

Lost, Found, & Home– Week 4 – The Father Came Out Again(Luke 15:25–32) The celebration had settled into the kind...

Lost, Found, & Home– Week 3 – He ran First(Luke 15:11–24) The crowd had grown quieter with each story Jesus...

Lost, Found, & Home– Week 2 – Searching the Dust(Luke 15:8–10) The crowd had quieted after the shepherd’s story. The...

Lost, Found, & Home– Week 1 – Until He Finds It(Luke 15:1-7) The road into the village had grown busy...

Barabbas and the Cross (Matthew 27:15-26) Morning light crept slowly over Jerusalem, sliding across limestone streets and the outer walls...

He Remembers You (Judges 16:28; 2 Kings 20:3; Luke 23:42–43) In the beginning there was no distance between God and...

Teach Us How to Pray– Week 6 – When the Prayer Became Grace(Matthew 6:13) They were still gathered close, the...

Teach Us How to Pray– Week 4 – He Knows Your Desert(Matthew 6:13) They were still standing close, the circle...

Teach Us How to Pray – Week 4 – Where Mercy Meets Memory(Matthew 6:12) They were still standing close enough...

Teach Us How to Pray – Week 3 – Receiving What Sustains Us(Matthew 6:11) They were still gathered close, the...

Teach Us How to Pray– Week 2 – Learning to Want What Heaven Wants(Luke 11:2) They were still standing in...

Teach Us How to Pray – Week 1 – “Our Father…”(Luke 11:1-2) They’d asked Him to teach them how to...

All Means All – Week 4 God’s Mic Drop – When Heaven Settles the Question (Acts 10) It’s the middle...

All Means All – Week 3 When Grace Collides with Evil(Acts 9:1–19) Most of us would never say there are...

All Means All – Week 2 When Belonging Finally Finds You(Acts 8:26–40) Last week, we reflected on Simon “the Sorcerer’s”...

All Means All – Week 1 When Grace Meets Baggage(Acts 8:9–25) I was listening to a popular commentary on Acts...

From Griswold to Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1-2; Colossians 4:2) If you’re anywhere near my age, or if you love classic comedy,...

The God of Now – Week 4 – Here and Now I didn’t write my poem Here and Now during...

The Father’s Ache Behind Christmas Night The night wind pushed across the hills like a warning wrapped in a whisper...

The God of Now– Week 3 – Longing for Home, Living for Today(Luke 22:42–44; Matthew 26:38; Philippians 1:21–23; 2 Timothy...

The God of Now – Week 2 – How Quickly We Forget(Exodus 14–17; Mark 6:30–44; Mark 8:1–10) The desert wind...

The God of Now– Week 1 – Beloved Before You Believe(Genesis 3:8; Zephaniah 3:17; Ephesians 1:18) Before we talk about...

In the Eyes of the Beholder (Esther 1 & 2) The Persian Empire didn’t gather itself for that six-month celebration....

Moses’ Mountaintop Plea (Exodus 32) The mountain groaned beneath his feet as thunder rolled across the peaks, shaking loose stones...

The Smallest Faith, the Deepest Love (Matthew 17:20) It was one of those tucked-away spots in Huntsville, Alabama—knock at the...