I sat in the cold, blank hospital room and talked with my sweet friends, an elderly couple. I had visited them before in their warm, cozy home. The man had chronic pain since I'd known them, in his back and in his heart. His heart because he lost his only daughter at a young age […]
“Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.” - Clive Barker, Days of Magic Nights of War We should say...it takes a real woman to do that too... And that real man or woman's heart is first tranformed by Jesus […]
Advent Joy isn’t shallow or sentimental—it is rooted in the appearing of Christ. When Scripture speaks of Christ being manifested, it means that God has made Himself clearly seen, known, and encountered in order to save. “The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation…” — Titus 2:11, ESV The Child in the manger is the […]
Where do you long for Christ’s Peace to enter your story this week? Or have you given up hope for that? Perhaps it would be good for you and me to remember Jesus' words about the kind of peace He gives. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the […]