Old Good News

In the Bible, God’s plan of salvation through Jesus Christ is called the gospel, literally “good news.” We read and hear lots of news every day. I find it interesting to think about the way we get our news today and how it differs from the past. In ancient times, news...

Wash Your Hands

If you’re anything like me, you’ve read an article or two about what precautions you can take to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus. And all of those articles start with the same advice: wash your hands.  We now all know that in order to clean our hands properly...

A Game Changer

Have you ever had an encounter with someone stronger in the faith that entirely changed your method of living out the gospel? For me, her name was Judy, and we were standing in the boxed food aisle of my local grocery store. I knew Judy from church. She was all at...

From Here to There

I’ve been plowing through the Gospel of John for my morning devotions lately.  I don’t mean plowing in the sense that I was carefully working through the text; I’m afraid I’ve been going through it on autopilot because it’s so familiar.  Coming up to chapter 19,...

DIY Worship

Worship at church is easy. The music, the Bible reading, everything is done for you!  But worshiping our God isn’t something reserved just for Sundays.  Let’s talk about DIY worship, or family worship.  There are few things you can do together as a family that are...