Of all the relationships in my life that never truly began, ended too soon, fractured, or broke horrifically, the ones I find myself dwelling on the most are never the romantic ones. Much as Hollywood and countless novels otherwise led me to believe, the shattered or...
One of my favorite hymns is “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”. We do not have to panic in life’s toughest trials when we’re leaning on the all-powerful, loving, wise, everlasting arms. We can contentedly rest in our Savior’s gentle, secure embrace without fear or...
When I was almost 15, I had a full-time job in the summer months. I was a tour guide on horseback at a dude ranch. Looking back, the amount of responsibility I had was amazing for such a young person, navigating some extreme terrain via horseback, guiding people who...
God’s Word has everything we need. It is truth. It offers wisdom, hope, life-giving understanding, and timely and fresh insights. It also has some hard lessons, guidance, and consequences and warnings. It even occasionally convicts us. Sometimes we don’t even...
One of the things I find saddest when I pause to dwell on it is just how few people understand they can have a real relationship with God. Within so many denominations and factions of Christianity, God is presented as a distant, angry figure who we serve out...