Faith Like a Pumpkin Seed

It’s was like it appeared over night!  All of the sudden our neighbors had this giant vine growing in their front garden bed.  We ran into them a few days later, and they shared with us that they thought it might be a pumpkin vine.  Apparently last fall they had...

Beauty in the Mess

You know the saying, “it’s going to get worse before it gets better”?  I usually thought of that phrase growing up when my little sister and I would clean our room.  It always seemed to look more like a tornado had gone through it in the midst of our...

Holy Week: Saturday

*This series of posts walks through the Holy Week timeline, day by day, as told in the Gospel of Mark.  You can view Sunday’s post here, Monday here, Tuesday here, Wednesday here,Thursday here, and Friday here. Silence in Scripture Storyline The Gospel of Mark,...

When the Answer is No

What does it mean when you pray for something and don’t get what you want?  What does it mean when God’s answer is “no”?  The apostle Paul knew what this is like.  God had allowed a thorn in his flesh to torment him. Despite asking God three times to remove this...