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

We live in a world of wishes. If only I were taller, more talented, more successful. If only I had more money, more approval, more recognition. We carry these "if onlys" like burdens, convinced that o...  Read More

Have you ever seen your shadow on a sunny day? When the sun shines behind you, a dark shape shows up on the ground. Your shadow looks like you, but it is not really you. It cannot talk. It cannot hug....  Read More

Jeremiah 31:31–34 (NIV) “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with ...  Read More

That we love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves.Memory VerseHebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword,...  Read More

Hebrews 2:1–3 (NIV)We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation ...  Read More

Have you ever gone swimming at the beach and suddenly realized you've drifted far from where you started? One moment you're playing in the waves near your family's towels, and the next you look up to ...  Read More

The world feels overwhelming. Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or simply look around your community, and you'll see it: violence, broken families, addiction, rage, fear, and distrust. Th...  Read More

Have you ever been really, really tired? Maybe it was after a long school day, a hard practice, or a busy week. When you finally get home, you just want to sit down and rest. But sometimes even when o...  Read More

Psalm 95:7–11, (NIV)“for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you...  Read More