A quick peek into God's graciousness in my life:My faith looked half-hearted in college. I wasn't thirsting to know the things of God and many areas of my life didn't bring glory to Him. When He uprooted me and moved me back to Houston, he brought me into a season of loneliness and intimacy with ...
Voices are everywhere. We have countless conversations throughout our days and those conversations inevitably leave voices ringing in our heads. Maybe they said something encouraging and those words breathe life into us. Or maybe they said something tremendously hurtful and that voice rings in ...
Fight for joy this holiday season. That can seem like a strange thing to say regarding the holidays. “Fight for joy? Why would it be hard to have joy during the holidays? Thanksgiving and Christmas are the best time of year.” It is true there is no other time of year that ...
I often make up spontaneous songs about my daughter. I just can’t help it. It’s probably a daily occurrence. My love for that precious little girl is often inadequately expressed in anything other than spontaneous singing. I express my delight in my little girl with lyric and melody. ...
Whether you and I think about it this way or not, certain messages are being preached to us all day long. These messages can often be edifying and encouraging, but they can also be harmful lies. Kids are told all kinds of things when they are at school. Not only are they being academically poured ...
God loves to be enjoyed. Scripture reflects this in subtle and striking ways. God created humankind for communion with Him, even walking with them in the garden (Genesis 3). Yet our first parents, Adam and Eve, rebelled, with their sin forcing them out of the garden, and far worse, out of ...
