As Holy Week is upon us, I’ve looked around and taken stock of many hurting hearts. So many are limping along, tethered by some very grave disappointments. If you can’t put your finger on a loss you’ve personally felt, I suspect you can get your hands around a loss somebody dear to you has experienced. And if you’re fortunate enough…

Hey, weary traveler. I’m concerned you’re consumed with hurt and pain and fear and disappointment from your past. So consumed that you risk missing the new thing God is doing right before you. But it’s time. It’s time to forget the former things. The bad decision. The pain. The broken relationship. The failure. The disappointment. The why. The sorrow from watching someone you love…

You’re in the wilderness. A battle is raging. You’re wondering if you can keep fighting. The effort a victory mandates feels untenable. It’s time. It’s time to face the wilderness head on. But not in the way you expect. Because this battle is not yours. And you will not need to fight. You have but one assignment:…

I’m concerned you’re trying to navigate some treacherous waters on your own. You’re working it out inside, quietly struggling. You’re internalizing angst and sorrow during this trial you’re experiencing, clinging to self-preservation. You’re justifying your internalization of this strife as protecting those around you from your pain. You don’t want to be a burden. You’re isolating your pain, but you’ve…

There’s a lot going on around us these days. Which makes me think there’s a lot going on within us. A lot of hurting and chaos and discord. A lot of gray. A lot of confusion. We’re being pulled in a million directions, in our heads, in our hearts, in our schedules, in our relationships, in our values,…

Are you having trouble giving God the benefit of the doubt? Maybe you’re staring at a mountain, wondering how to keep believing and trusting God will move it when you aren’t feeling it. I was there just a few weeks ago. Fortunately, we are not helpless in our discouragement. Faith itself is a gift from God, but…

My pursuit of Christ has been more of a job these days, and you’ve probably experienced a season like this. As much as I’d like to tell you that my faith in Christ has always and only entailed floating from spiritual high to spiritual high, I’d be selling my walk with God woefully short. But any apathy I fight…

Are you needing something from God? Are you making the same request of God over and over? Have you been asking God for something lately, and you remain in the waiting place? I may never understand the waiting. Although I’ve recently learned we’re not called to be quiet or indifferent about it–but engaged and involved, arguably…