Sunday morning, I kept the camera wide so Pastor Isaac stayed in the frame beside a man just 130 days into a new life. By the end of the week, I couldn't stop asking whether I make that same room for ...  Read More

My daughter's morning routine gives away something about my heart before I ever say a word. Colossians 3 is teaching me the difference between managing a reaction and letting Christ actually change it...  Read More

A brunch with a lifelong friend, 1,400 miles apart, and what it means to set your heart on something that doesn't move when circumstances do....  Read More

I had a leather-bound Bible with my name in gold letters and a color-coding system all my own. I loved being the girl who carried it everywhere. This is the story of what happened when I finally asked...  Read More

I didn't decide to stop reading my Bible this summer. I just let it slide, a little more each week, until getting back into it was harder than staying consistent ever was. A reflection on Pastor Isaac...  Read More

Sunday's sermon on Colossians 2 named three goals God has for us: encouraged hearts, full understanding, and unity in love. The first two are easy to receive. The third is costing me more than I expec...  Read More

Paul's 'I rejoice in my suffering' is real, but it took him years of prison and shipwreck to get there. This isn't a script for someone mid-collapse; it's a testimony you can only give looking back, o...  Read More

A storm blew through while Vic was helping a neighbor on his day off. It wasn't the first time gratitude in his family looked like showing up when nobody would've blamed you for staying home. A story ...  Read More

I don’t remember the sermon. I don’t remember the songs we sang. What I remember is staying late after the service, talking with Danielle and Sandra while most everyone else had already gone home.I re...  Read More

We don't get to choose everything we inherit. Some of it is beautiful. Some of it is heavy. But by God's grace, the past is not the final word. A reflection on Deuteronomy 6, family legacy, and the su...  Read More

Hope often feels like something reserved for easier days, but Scripture shows us something different. It is not just confidence about the future, but the quiet certainty that God is already at work in...  Read More

Most of us think of gratitude as something that shows up when life cooperates. But what if gratitude is not a feeling we wait for, but a posture we practice? In Colossians 1, Paul shows us a different...  Read More