Life is hard. There's no getting around it. We stub our toes, face betrayal, endure heartache, and navigate relationships that disappoint us. From the minor frustrations of hitting every red light whe...  Read More

Have you ever built a tower out of blocks and then watched it fall down? Maybe somebody bumped the table. Maybe the dog ran by. Maybe you stacked it too high and it started to wobble. It can be funny,...  Read More

Romans 8:31–39What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along wi...  Read More

Have you ever found yourself squinting at the pages of your Bible, straining to make out the words that once seemed so clear? Perhaps you've noticed that your spiritual life feels similarly out of foc...  Read More

Have you ever tried to run while looking the wrong way? Imagine running a race, but instead of looking ahead, you keep looking down at your feet or turning around to see who is behind you. You would p...  Read More

2 Corinthians 4:16–18 (NIV)Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us...  Read More

Have you ever walked on a narrow trail in the woods? When the path is wide, you can wander around without thinking much about it. But when the trail is narrow, you have to pay attention. If you step t...  Read More

Ephesians 2:4–9 (NIV)But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God rai...  Read More

Every year, approximately 800 people pay $75,000 each to attempt climbing Mount Everest. Despite clearly marked paths and experienced guides, an average of ten climbers die annually on the mountain. T...  Read More

There's something powerful about victory by representation. When the U.S. women's hockey team won gold at the Olympics, the entire nation celebrated. We didn't step onto the ice. We didn't face off ag...  Read More

Revelation 21:1–5, (NIV)“Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, c...  Read More

1 Samuel 17:45–50 (NIV)"David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, w...  Read More