What does genuine faith actually look like when it's lived out in real life? Not the Instagram-filtered version we often present, but the honest, stumbling, sometimes-getting-it-wrong-but-still-moving-forward kind of faith?James reminds us that "faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead" (James 2:17). But here's what's beautiful about this truth: God isn't demanding perfection from us. H...  Read More

Have you ever found yourself in a place where everything feels stripped away? Where the comforts you once relied on have vanished, and you're left utterly alone with your doubts, fears, and questions? That's the starting point of one of the most profound spiritual journeys we can experience—the journey of wrestling with God. Throughout church history, the Sunday following Easter has been known by ...  Read More

There's something profoundly unsettling about going home when home is the place where everything fell apart.Most of us associate homecomings with warmth—football games, family gatherings, familiar faces lighting up at our arrival. But what happens when the homecoming you're facing is a return to the place where you hurt people? Where you made choices you regret? Where acceptance feels like a dista...  Read More

In a world where 60% of people feel lost and disconnected, where uncertainty seems to be the only certainty, where do we turn for stability? What can we build our lives upon that won't crumble when the storms come?The answer has been proclaimed for over 2,000 years through a simple greeting: "He is risen!" followed by the joyful response, "He is risen indeed!"But why has this declaration echoed th...  Read More

Life has a way of placing us between impossible choices. On one side, there's the familiar—even if it's toxic, manipulative, or draining. On the other side, there's the unknown—God's promise calling us forward into territory we cannot see or control.This tension sits at the heart of one of the Bible's most compelling narratives: Jacob's departure from his father-in-law Laban after twenty years of ...  Read More

One Easter a man sent me a link to an article which stated that early Christians didn’t all believe in Jesus’ bodily resurrection asking my thoughts about it. The two arguments presented in the article are not new, and they often seem to resurface this time of year.First, some early Christians struggled with the idea of a bodily resurrection.  If a “Christian” is anyone who claims to follow someon...  Read More

The modern workplace can feel like a battleground. Difficult bosses, challenging coworkers, impossible deadlines, and the constant pressure to perform create an environment where stress doesn't stay at the office—it follows us home, infecting our relationships, our peace, and our joy. We've all heard about "work-life balance," that elusive state where we somehow manage professional responsibilitie...  Read More

The story of Jacob's household reads like a reality TV drama—except it's real, it's in Scripture, and it contains profound truths about human nature, sin, and God's redemptive power. Within the tents of this ancient family, we find jealousy, manipulation, anger, and pain. Yet remarkably, from this mess of daily troubles and broken relationships, God would birth the twelve tribes of Israel. Rachel'...  Read More

Life has a peculiar way of colliding divine calling with mundane reality. We experience mountaintop moments where God's presence feels tangible, His direction clear, His promises certain. Then we descend into the valley of ordinary days—working, waiting, navigating relationships, making mistakes—and wonder how these two realities fit together.The story of Jacob's journey east captures this collisi...  Read More

We are once again coming to a time where we get to both celebrate and remember the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Each year we rejoice in the finished work of the cross and the defeating of death in His resurrection. Celebration and remembering is a calling the Lord has given us, 1 Chronicles 16:12 tells us, “Remember the wondrous works that He has done,    His miracles and the judgments H...  Read More

There's something profoundly comforting about discovering that God works through broken people. Not despite their brokenness, but often because of it. The story of Jacob's ladder—that mysterious dream of a stairway connecting earth to heaven—reveals a truth that echoes through the ages: no amount of dysfunction can separate us from God's redemptive purposes. The family drama surrounding Jacob read...  Read More

The story found in Genesis 27 is one of the most uncomfortable passages in Scripture. It's a narrative filled with deception, favoritism, lies, and family betrayal. There's no hero in this chapter—no character to admire or emulate. Yet somehow, this broken family line becomes the very lineage through which Jesus would eventually come. This question haunts many of us who wrestle with our own past m...  Read More