It was almost five years exactly to the day since I saw you, sat with you, talked with you the very first time. Five years, since I drove through our local Starbucks and handed you a Venti….Yes, probably just to make myself feel better because you were freezing, and I was in a new, well heated […]

We all know Joseph, the earthly father, who despite him not biologically related to Jesus, God appointed him to adopt the long awaited Messiah. In a nativity or the Christmas story, Joseph is often in the shadow of Jesus and Mary. Yet, Joseph’s role in the pre-written story of Jesus is crucial to the health of […]

The pile of wrappings increase, almost daily. Presents come to my door; thanks to Amazon Prime. Still, I know of a need; a lack requiring faith, bold steps, a portion of Christ I have yet to experience…. I must step towards the water, however, this journey requiring me to get out of my boat of my […]

When the white frost blankets the earth; and all seems frozen, uncertain, immoveable and impenetrable… He is enough. When the sky is so thick in grey, clouds, sun, stars, and moon, seem to hide and play games. You know they are there, but you can’t quite see clear…. He is enough. When voices taunt, people try […]

An instant tsunami of emotion flooded the internet, after missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by a Sentinelese tribe. Some believe the Sentinelese are the last pre-Neolithic tribe in the world. This small collection a hunters-gatherers, were unreached, yet recognized as a hostile people, living on an island in the north Indian Ocean. Both Christians […]

There have been seasons in my life when God doesn’t feel like enough. The problem seems bigger, the trial seems longer, the weight of whatever is pressing down seems heavier than a God who promises to lift our burdens. But then, in retrospect, I realized, I had demanded things from God I wasn’t giving; whether it […]