Stories of Faith from the Jungle
I just returned from the Amazon jungle where I taught at Justice & Mercy International’s Annual Jungle Pastors Conference. Ninety-four...
Casting Our Nets in 2024
Happy New Year! I hope your year is off to a good start. Mine has been minorly shaky—I started the year with a bang-up sinus infection (my...
Letting Go of Holiday Ideals for the Savior
The holiday season is upon us and so are all the impossible expectations. (Is this too Grinch-ish for the beginning of a devotional?)...
What It Means To Be Blessed (Excerpt from “The Blessed Life”)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.” Matthew 5:3 Sometimes when I’m really out of sorts, my friends...
Lily Pads in Loneliness
I remember loneliness well. It settled in like a long fog. Everywhere I moved, it was there. I had lost my tightly knit community for...
Some Brief Thoughts On Singleness
One of the prayers I have been praying this summer is that the Lord would show me the specific needs of those in our culture. I think I...