Imagine this for a moment: It’s late Saturday night, and you’ve been out of the house all day. You’ve gone from place to place, striving to complete more than seemed possible from your calendar to-do list. You’ve just returned home and sat down for dinner. Suddenly you remember that tomorrow is Sunday. You quickly recall that you are scheduled...

Peace and security are words often heard in the whirlwind of our news cycles. They are used as ideas or desires that require work to achieve. They are used in the negative sense of not being a current reality. They are used as the aim, answer, or solution to the world’s problems.   Though the idea of peace and security...

Rest. It’s a word that means something different to each one of us. For some, rest brings to mind a desire to momentarily break from the chaos of life to sleep, relax, and even recover. For others, rest is an unrealistic hope as they navigate a non-stop schedule of busyness. Yet for others, the word rest suggests an uneventful, quiet life...

Have you ever heard someone say something along the lines of, “God’s promise of the future should give you hope today”? Maybe you’ve heard it dozens of times or said it just as many. In part, this saying stands because we believe the Bible teaches this principle; however, at the gut level, this idea can be challenging to hear...

Daniel 5 contains several notable instances that are reasons to stop, pray, and consider our own lives. One of the most perplexing questions is derived from the words of the queen who entered the scene following Belteshazzar’s inability to make sense of the writing inscribed on the wall by an unfamiliar hand.  Following the mysterious inscription, the king called...

I’m sure you’ve been there: that moment of decision when you weigh the risk versus the reward or the cost versus the benefit to determine what you will do.    These moments may come in regard to something simple like whether to eat one more helping of mashed potatoes, if it is worth it to take a detour to try...