Faith Like Jasmine

Every few minutes he shuffled his feet to ward off the chill seeping through the bottom of his boots. He alternated keeping his hands in...

Advent Week 4 Mary got up and hurried to a city in the Judean highlands. She entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When...

Advent – Week 3 Then John said to the crowds who came to be baptized by him, “You children of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the...

In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius......God’s word came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. John went...

Advent – Week 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appears....

Wait – stay where you are or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens. Wait – remain stationary in readiness...

Best laid plans provide a lot of training ground for grace & flexibility. I’ve had to swallow my fair share over the years as God has...

How comfortable are you? How flexible? How deep? The passage in Hebrews unmistakably throws down the challenge – are you maturing? ...

This week’s readings could be considered intense. After talking with his disciples about his coming death, two of them decide to boldly...

Nothing is impossible with God. Build our house. Be His house. Teach us. Teach us, Lord, for nothing is impossible with You. Father God,...

Here is what we need this week. This is the root we need to cling to when the mudslide comes, for us or a loved one. God spoke and you...

Glory. Glory. Glory! Heaven is declaring God’s glory; the sky is proclaiming his handiwork. One day gushes the news to the next, and one...

Pure. Peaceful. Gentle. Obedient. Filled with mercy and good actions. Fair and genuine. This is how proverbs describes wisdom from...

I hope you were ready for the week. Because it’s here. And I’m having weather whiplash. You know, the wonderful tease of fall when you...

Be strong! Don’t fear! God will save. Does your spirit need reminding lately? How about your heart? Read Psalm 146 and be reminded of...

Internal decisions. Internal motivations. External waves and storms. External assaults. So much of the life God wants us to build as...

Commitment: a pledge or agreement to do something; the state or an instance of being obligated or emotionally impelled. Commitment is a...

I have always found this passage in the book of John to be rather raw. To the believer, it has eternal context and meaning. To the...

‘Do not grumble.’ Jesus’ words followed me this week. It’s been a challenging week in too many ways. Those are the pressing times. When...

Counterculture. Complaining. Pointless thinking. Truthfulness. Where are you landing in the mix right now? This combination of readings...