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When Trouble Comes, Don’t Blink

What do we do when we see things others don’t? How do we respond when they react with scoffing or disbelief? Why are there signs that to us are as clear as day while to others, they are easily rejected or ignored? A mother in Knoxville, Tennessee noticed a “small glow” in her 17-month-old daughter’s …[ read more ]

Because I Don’t Answer to You – That’s Why

First, to my fellow believers, It’s incredibly tempting to take the bait. We’re like hungry trout. Always hungry. Relentless appetites for acceptance, belonging, meaning, security, attention, and comfort. We crave peace. We’re designed for unity, community, and worship. All these things can be ours in Christ. He accepts and receives us. Through Him, we belong …[ read more ]

What Can We Speak into This Moment?

My dear friends, Oh, how I wish I was wise enough and skilled enough with words to write a post about recent happenings that would minister to your hearts and sort truth from lies. Like you, I am laid low by what has transpired in our country. I would say it has driven me to …[ read more ]

Real Time Hope (or what if 2021 is worse than 2020?)

What if the coming year is worse? We seem to be pinning a great many hopes on the tick of a second hand. Life doesn’t always march by our calendars. And our faith would be better invested in the character of God than in the year’s new digit. 2019 was likely the worse year of …[ read more ]

I May Not Be Here to Help You Soon

Most of my dad’s firefighters had never known a time when he wasn’t their chief. That’s what happens when you do a job, day after day after day, for over fifty-one years. Chiefs in other departments retired. Young firefighters became seasoned deputy chiefs. And Dad kept showing up – at his desk, at trainings, at …[ read more ]