A broken Christmas

The cares of this world overwhelm us as the weight of two thousand Christmases past settles on our shoulders. We see the brokenness all around us and we wonder how much longer God will leave the world this way. We thought things would be different by now. We were sure that God would make it all better.

A Gratitude Filled Christmas

The birth of The Messiah was the most extravagant gift ever given. We can never match it's greatness, but we can express our gratitude and magnify The Lord.

Why we should have Thanksgiving for Christmas

The celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday is just beginning. We need to continue the spirit of thanksgiving all the way through the holiday season. And really year round.

Why our entertainment choices matter

When I'm consuming a steady diet of the worlds entertainment, my mind not stayed on Christ. It's the spiritual equivalent of eating cake for every meal. It might seem good at the time, but it leaves you feeling sluggish and sick. Sure, I might be having my daily quiet time, but opening my Bible for a few minutes in the morning then spending the rest of the day watching Netflix, is like eating a carrot before my breakfast cake thinking that will erase the effects of the cake.

How a princess prepares for spiritual warfare

God's warrior princesses are supposed to be different. They are set apart and called to higher purpose. When a daughter of The King of kings is dressed for battle she will look very different than what the world expects.

When the story is hard to tell

So far I haven’t used this space share many details about my family’s struggles over the past three years. We tend to be very…

4 ways prosperity preaching stunts christian growth

God promised to meet our needs, but the gap between what we think we need, and what we actually need is wide enough to hold the contents of a small galaxy. When we let ourselves get drawn in by the flowery words and overly white smiles, we're short changing ourselves and causing our growth to be stunted in a couple of important ways.

The One Thing That Never Changes

As I’ve been thinking about getting back into blogging after a long break and some pretty big change, I’ve found myself wondering just what…

Lessons learned about prayer and service 

All day I think over and over, maybe I'm not supposed to be doing this. Maybe that's why it's so hard. Surely if this is what I'm supposed to be doing it wouldn't be this hard.

God is always by your side, but He’s not always on your side.

If we want God to fight for us, we have to be on the same side as He is. But when we're behaving badly He can't be on our side. He's always on our side in the larger sense, in that He wants what's best for us, but when we are wrong that means He can't take our side.