Devotion
Release Rest Remain: A Rhythm of Abiding

Release Rest Remain: A Rhythm of Abiding

First, Breathe… Why Release Rest Remain Matters I don’t know what it took for you to carve out this moment. Maybe sitting with this book open on your lap meant leaving the full inbox that demands your attention, taking a much-needed break from your children, or...

A Journey Through Doubt Often Begins With Questions

A Journey Through Doubt Often Begins With Questions

If you were to use one word to sum up your entire faith story thus far, what would it be? Believing, hopeful, trusting, or persevering? What about questioning, waiting, or searching? A Journey Through Doubt Is Not the End of Faith When you think of the apostle...

Does God Like Me? Understanding God’s Love

Does God Like Me? Understanding God’s Love

Does God Like Me? Questions Many Christians Ask Psalm 139 helps us see how God’s intimate knowledge of us should bring us comfort. That, in essence, is the goal of this book: to understand the blessing of being known and loved by God so that we can live confidently in...

God’s Impartial Love Reveals Our True Identity

God’s Impartial Love Reveals Our True Identity

Impartial Love Shapes How We See Humanity From the start, God welcomed humanity . . . This is life in the ancient Near East: Families rise in their stone homes, greeted by the melodic chanting of voices as the light of dawn breaks over the horizon. Grand temples and...

Why Every Christian Needs a Rule of Life

Why Every Christian Needs a Rule of Life

A Rule of Life Helps Christians Grow Intentionally Last spring, my kids and I planted a garden. We’re novice gardeners, but we like getting our hands dirty and we aspire to eat more vegetables. So, in great hope, we planted lettuce, kale, squash, and a variety of...

Songs of Exodus and the Christian Pilgrimage

Songs of Exodus and the Christian Pilgrimage

Songs of Exodus Remind Us We Are Pilgrims Seventh grade is rough. If you know someone who absolutely loved seventh grade, you also know a lot of people who don’t like that person. You are fully aware of yourself and your place in the social order. You know exactly...

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Means Welcoming People Into Real Life There’s a scene at the beginning of The Hobbit where a group of dwarves overruns the home of the protagonist hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo had sort of reluctantly—and mistakenly—invited the wizard, Gandalf, to...

Understanding Your Child of God Identity

Understanding Your Child of God Identity

See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! 1 John 3:1, csb I Am Actually His Child I want you to respond to some questions today’s verse that I think will help you understand who God is and who you are. Go ahead and...

Easy Bible Study Method for Overwhelmed Believers

Easy Bible Study Method for Overwhelmed Believers

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed and exhausted that you couldn’t catch your breath? That was me in college. I was knee-deep academically, working toward my undergrad degree in biblical studies at the Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. I was also on a “hamster...

God Is Near: Experiencing His Presence in Everyday Life

God Is Near: Experiencing His Presence in Everyday Life

God Is Near and Invites Relationship God’s greatest desire is that we would reach out to him and connect with him. The Bible calls God our Father, who loves us with a love greater than our minds can comprehend. God wants to connect with you. He’s not hiding. He’s not...

Release Rest Remain: A Rhythm of Abiding

Release Rest Remain: A Rhythm of Abiding

First, Breathe… Why Release Rest Remain Matters I don’t know what it took for you to carve out this moment. Maybe sitting with this book open on your lap meant leaving the full inbox that demands your attention, taking a much-needed break from your children, or...

A Journey Through Doubt Often Begins With Questions

A Journey Through Doubt Often Begins With Questions

If you were to use one word to sum up your entire faith story thus far, what would it be? Believing, hopeful, trusting, or persevering? What about questioning, waiting, or searching? A Journey Through Doubt Is Not the End of Faith When you think of the apostle...

Does God Like Me? Understanding God’s Love

Does God Like Me? Understanding God’s Love

Does God Like Me? Questions Many Christians Ask Psalm 139 helps us see how God’s intimate knowledge of us should bring us comfort. That, in essence, is the goal of this book: to understand the blessing of being known and loved by God so that we can live confidently in...

God’s Impartial Love Reveals Our True Identity

God’s Impartial Love Reveals Our True Identity

Impartial Love Shapes How We See Humanity From the start, God welcomed humanity . . . This is life in the ancient Near East: Families rise in their stone homes, greeted by the melodic chanting of voices as the light of dawn breaks over the horizon. Grand temples and...

Why Every Christian Needs a Rule of Life

Why Every Christian Needs a Rule of Life

A Rule of Life Helps Christians Grow Intentionally Last spring, my kids and I planted a garden. We’re novice gardeners, but we like getting our hands dirty and we aspire to eat more vegetables. So, in great hope, we planted lettuce, kale, squash, and a variety of...

Songs of Exodus and the Christian Pilgrimage

Songs of Exodus and the Christian Pilgrimage

Songs of Exodus Remind Us We Are Pilgrims Seventh grade is rough. If you know someone who absolutely loved seventh grade, you also know a lot of people who don’t like that person. You are fully aware of yourself and your place in the social order. You know exactly...

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Means Welcoming People Into Real Life There’s a scene at the beginning of The Hobbit where a group of dwarves overruns the home of the protagonist hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo had sort of reluctantly—and mistakenly—invited the wizard, Gandalf, to...

Understanding Your Child of God Identity

Understanding Your Child of God Identity

See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are! 1 John 3:1, csb I Am Actually His Child I want you to respond to some questions today’s verse that I think will help you understand who God is and who you are. Go ahead and...

Easy Bible Study Method for Overwhelmed Believers

Easy Bible Study Method for Overwhelmed Believers

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed and exhausted that you couldn’t catch your breath? That was me in college. I was knee-deep academically, working toward my undergrad degree in biblical studies at the Moody Bible Institute in downtown Chicago. I was also on a “hamster...

God Is Near: Experiencing His Presence in Everyday Life

God Is Near: Experiencing His Presence in Everyday Life

God Is Near and Invites Relationship God’s greatest desire is that we would reach out to him and connect with him. The Bible calls God our Father, who loves us with a love greater than our minds can comprehend. God wants to connect with you. He’s not hiding. He’s not...

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