Day 253: A Prayer

I had something planned for today, but I decided to hold off on that. Today I would just like to share this space with you to pray for the upcoming seasons in our lives. Our lives are connected, yet quite distinctive. What I may be going through you may not be, but there is always […]

Day 246: Practicing the Presence of God

It has been a long five months apart from this space. This hiatus was not planned and if I can be transparent, it was purely out of frustration and anger with the Lord. There comes a time when not seeing eye to eye with God can cause us to become prideful; we feel as though […]

Day 92: To Be Guided by Grace

When I was sitting at the kitchen table at home in 2019 mulling over what to name this blog, several ideas popped into my head. Honestly, I can’t remember any of them but Guided by Grace wasn’t initially amongst the choices. How I landed on the title was writing a draft of the very first […]

Day 86: To Be Continued…

This post is dedicated to Brent Campbell. There’s a certain organization I’m joining and the motto is “Friendship is essential to the soul.” Brent, your friendship—your brotherhood—has meant the world to me. Brent, I love you more than words can express. We’ve been through so much together and I wish we could run it back. […]

Day 78: A Psalm

A prayer for repentance. March 19, 2022 My soul longs for you. My soul longs for the living God. I seek your face in humility for forgiveness of my sins. It was your mercy that guided every footstep and your right hand held me up when I stumbled and staggered in darkness. You pour on […]

Day 64: Let’s Fast Together

We’ve officially entered the Easter season. Lent started this past Wednesday and will go on until Holy Week. Lent is a 40 day period of fasting that is dedicated to growing closer to God. Lent 2022 will be March 2- April 10. For those who do not know what fasting is, fasting is the temporary […]

Day 57: Remember

Sometimes the gravest sin we commit is the sin of forgetting. How do you remember what God has done for you? This is more than simply recollecting memories from years ago, but do you have anything tangible that you can see as a memorial for what God has done? Throughout the Hebrew Bible, God’s people […]

Day 50: What is the Bible?

I’ve heard this question asked a lot and I’ve heard various answers to it throughout the course of my life. This post is intended to encourage you to engage with Scripture in a new way that shines a light on it that ignites a desire to read it, study it, and love it in a […]

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 […]