"A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more." (Jeremiah 31:15 NIV) I wake up this morning to tears, not mine.Someone ate the last cherry Pop-Tart and disappointment is...
Have you ever felt invisible? Seen, but not in the manner you desire? Perplexed, convinced that you must be doing something wrong? This is exactly how I felt recently. Regardless of how hard I tried to please those around me, I was unsuccessful, and that was confirmed by a look of anger...
As we closed our small group for the season in June, one of the activities we did was to reflect on a drawing showing multiple children climbing in a large tree, with widespread, strong branches. Some children have climbed to the top, others are in various stages of the climb, some...
When I was about eight years old, I had this hiding spot where I hid things that I found valuable, or that I did not want others to find. I would get off the bus where I was dropped off at my parent’s business in a small, sleepy town. I would then run to the business next door...
Copyright: Benji Tittle, K1 Photography My 40th birthday present was an amazing landscape photography seminar in Yosemite. Two pro photographers taught us how to set up a good shot and took our group to pre-scouted locations at perfect times. It all paid off with beautiful images of...
This spring our small group read The Making of an Ordinary Saint by Nathan Foster. Each chapter of the book discusses a spiritual discipline. A few weeks ago our small group discussed the chapter on the discipline of service. As we explored this topic, I was struck by how—in times...
to know good and evil was to knowthe betrayal of endings. What the scriptures don’t say is that we were clothed in the skin of a lion. We watched the dagger descend into soft, repelling...
Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:3 ESV ) I'm looking forward to being a father. My wife is 27 weeks pregnant with our baby girl and, so far, we've learned that she loves amplified music, enjoys...
Fear is a powerful word, which evokes strong feelings. Feelings we don’t like to think about, investigate, or consider. We want to hide from fear, and try to escape it in any way we can. But the more we suppress it, the more it controls our lives. Because we have so very little...
My kids got a lot of candy on Easter this year, so much candy that I had to make a rule about how much they could eat each day. My youngest responded to the new rule in typical two-year-old fashion: a fist-pounding screaming tantrum on the floor. I calmly responded that if he stopped his...