Beautiful Feet and an Open Finish Line
According to a story titled “London Plans Two-Day Mega 100,000-Runner Marathon,” the planners of the London Marathon were considering splitting it across two days to allow up to 100,000 runners to participate and raise millions more for charity. A world record 1.1 million people applied via ballot to take part in the 2026 London Marathon—nearly […]
Nobody Steals Your Peace Without Your Permission
The other day, I caught myself saying to a friend, “She makes me so unhappy.” Afterward, I felt my peace dissipate as I sat there replaying the incident that had “made” me unhappy, fully convinced that this other person was completely responsible for my emotions. Later, that still, small voice of God asked me: Who […]
How Does God Tell Us to Handle Personal Injustice?
Have you ever carried a sense of injustice that was handed to you before you were old enough to understand it? Maybe you grew up hearing the stories of your great-grandfather who worked land his whole life and never got to own it. Or of your grandmother, whose intelligence was dismissed simply because she was […]
Is Jesus Forever Incarnate? Part 2
“This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11 Yesterday, we discussed the remarkable possibility that when Jesus stepped into human flesh, He may have done so permanently. Today, I want to move beyond the Ascension and explore […]
Is Jesus Become Forever Incarnate? Part 1
Some of the most meaningful conversations happen in the most unexpected places. Recently, I met Dr. Wade Mumm on a flight from Denver to Springfield, Missouri. We enjoyed the most delightful, deep theological conversation about our Lord. During the conversation, he posed an idea about Jesus that truly caused me to more appreciate more fully […]
Let Me Introduce The Father Who Believed In Me
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 I never could have predicted it—not in a million years. If you had told the rebellious, guarded, suspicious teenage girl I once was that one day she and […]
What the Bible Revealed About The Origin Of The Universe Before Science
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” Hebrews 11:3 Every culture in human history has asked: Where did all of this come from? It is the one question that science cannot fully answer. […]
Your Life Isn’t An Accident Looking For A Purpose: It’s A Purpose To Be Realized
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the RICHES of His GRACE which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made KNOWN to us the MYSTERY of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation […]
When My Journey to Good Health Became a Stumbling Block
“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 It was […]
Your Greatest Desire Reflects God’s Nature in You
“But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast LOVE, JUSTICE, and RIGHTEOUSNESS in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24 Whether we choose to acknowledge God or not, there is a deep desire in every […]