Keeping Up with Jesus
Perhaps you're familiar with the quote, "Comparison is the thief of joy." I am. I've heard it many times, and yet I was surprised recently to discover that the first person it was ever attributed to was President Theodore Roosevelt. That was interesting trivia, at least to me. I suppose I thought the words were spoken by a preacher, or maybe a motivational speaker. And
Unwrapping Advent
I’ll have more to say more about this next announcement after Thanksgiving, but I’ve also been busy creating a special Christmas offer. You’re warmly invited to walk through Christmas with me! If you're subscribed to this site you may click here to download my free printer-friendly devotional Unwrapping Advent and you’ll be all set for December 1st!
finding a Deep and wide christmas Advent – Dec. 25th
Merry Christmas, friends! May the love of God, the grace of Christ Jesus and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit overwhelm you with joy today. Our devotional has drawn to a close, but I hope you’ll stay connected. I want to keep walking forward with you. As Oswald Chambers once said in one of my all-time favorite quotes, “Let the past sleep, but let it
FINDING A DEEP AND wIDE chRISTMAS aDVENT – dEC. 24TH
If these devotions have stirred you to want more of God, to behold Jesus until He transforms you, consider sharing your journey with your family and friends. It may be a life-changer for them, too! Transformation is powerful stuff! The culture knows it—hence the bombardment of before-and-after images in magazines and on home-improvement shows. This transformative life is our calling, and Paul encourages us to live it in
Finding a Deep and Wide Christmas Advent – Dec. 23rd
Christmas is near, and I hope you and yours enjoy every minute of it! My prayer is that these short devotions have set us up to resist the empty promises the world hawks twenty-four/seven and walk into the deep and wide life Jesus died to give us. It’s impossible to read John without wondering about the discrepancy between the experience of the average believer and the
Finding a Deep and Wide Christmas Advent- Dec. 22nd
The to-do list is long, and time seems short, but we walk among souls God dearly loves. Our opportunity is to stay conscious of Jesus and let Him reach for them through our lives, even as we go about our day. We don’t learn such living in a once and done. We learn it by daring to die to us and live to Him in this
Finding Deep and Wide Advent – Dec. 20th
Caution. We are the most susceptible to reaching for the wrong fix when we’re tired and stressed. Jesus is near, count Him dear and choose well today. Temporary hits can’t satisfy eternal hunger … Whatever we reach for to make ourselves feel better today will become a fix we’ll need more of tomorrow. No amount of acquisitions, affirmations, or acclamations from creation can substitute for the
Finding a Deep and Wide Christmas Advent – Dec. 19th
The Christmas countdown may bring stressful shopping trips and exchanges with the occasional grinch, but you and I are not only called to be Christlike in our response, we’re equipped for it. Immanuel is real world support for all who learn to call on Him. I haven’t yet made it to a place where I’m always saintly, and I don’t live with unlimited patience for those
Finding a Deep and Wide Christmas Advent – Dec. 18th
Christmas may be drawing closer, but for those who have trusted Christ, its promise is already ours! We can say no to the commercialism with its empty promise of the perfect Christmas by saying yes to Immanuel, God with Us, the perfect Savior. We don’t want to try harder to do better, remember? We want to lean harder, and trust Jesus to strengthen our dusty frames
Finding a Deep and Wide Christmas Advent Dec. 17th
People are prone to making us perform to stay in their good graces or do penance if we let them down. We lose big when we allow those experiences to color our relationship with God. No amount of penance before God can secure the favor Christ Jesus has already won on our behalf. I’ve learned to live celebrating the truth that I’m forgiven, accepted, and loved