“As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” – Luke 9:51 NIV. The gospel writer Luke could have just written “as the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus set out for Jerusalem,” and we wouldn’t have thought anything about it. But the adverb “resolutely” was used for a reason. Read more

As we enter into the busy Christmas season, I find myself in this constant struggle between celebrating the “Hallmark movie” idea of Christmas and the actual reason behind Christmas.. Jesus’ birth. It hurts my heart to realize how much we’ve commercialized Christmas and made it about ourselves – making it about buying the best gifts, Read more

One day last week, just like any other day, I was singing along to my worship music as I drove down the highway in my car. A song that I hadn’t heard in a while, but had certainly listened to hundreds of times before, came on and I sang along with every word. But as Read more

The other morning as my mom and I walked up the hill to the house after picking veggies in the garden, my mom said, “I just wish we could get some rain.” We continued to talk about how much rain one of our landlords to the north said he got the night before and how Read more