Day 316: Thanksgiving—Trust

This series will take us through the month of November and is intended to be a devotional that encourages us to be grateful, even in times when being grateful is difficult. Be cautious of what you fear; what you fear you will worship, and what you worship reveals what you trust. Last week we celebrated […]

Day 43: Creation

I love nature and one of the things I enjoy about being a teacher is having the opportunity to teach science. By the time this post is published, my first graders will be looking at biology and in particular, animal science. Every now and then I find myself going back to Genesis and going over […]

Day 36: The Season of Selah

Return, O my soul, to your rest, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. —Psalm 116:7 The word selah is an unusual word because we don’t use it often—at least we’re not supposed to because it’s a word we aren’t supposed to read. I’m a Bible nerd and I want to name one of my […]

Day 29: Resurrection

We don’t have to wait until Easter to talk about resurrection One of my favorite verses of Scripture is John 12:24, “Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”‭‭The context for this verse […]

Jesus: Hope

Hope is the alternative to what we see. When life takes a turn that we did not expect, hope offers a new route, a new chance, a new expectancy that something good will come out of this. There is nothing wrong with hope; hope is the anticipation that we will be surprised at the arrival […]

Secure in Christ: Attachment Figures

Words Needed to Know: Mental representation Object permanence For the last two weeks we have been identifying our patterns and relations to love. We’ve assessed our levels of anxiety and avoidance and the breakdown of how our predispositions influence our thoughts and actions through whichever of the four attachment/relationship styles we fall into. Today we […]

Storm God

A psalm inspired by Mark 4:35-41. Of David. August 24, 2021. Time moves on— Life continues on as the day wanes. The dance of the colors in the sky signifies the close of the day and the deserved rest that comes with the night. As evening passes away to twilight, my heart settles. My soul […]

Secure in Christ: Love Connections

For the next two months you and I will be traveling on a path that involves immense levels of self reflection, vulnerability, conviction, and a flurry of thoughts and emotions. You and I will be on a journey filled with healing, newness, and hope. You and I are going to heal. This series, Secure in […]

24

Wednesdays are typically reserved for psalms, but today is no ordinary Wednesday. It’s Wednesday, August 4th, which means, IT’S MY BIRTHDAY! Since today is a special day, I’ve decided to do a special post in honor of one more trip around the sun. There are 24 things I am thankful for today. 1. I am […]

To Be Present With You

A psalm. Of David. April 7, 2021. Happy are those whose strength is in You. I will sing a song to the God of my life; To the Lord, who sits enthroned above the earth. All authority belongs to You, Jesus, all dominion on earth below and in the heavens above. You are worthy to […]