December 24, 2020 Luke 2:1-14 Like many people, I grew up watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was a staple for the season and one that my family looked forward to watching again and again. As I reflect on that time in my early childhood, it was also probably the first time I… Continue reading Hope Born on Christmas
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It is okay to grieve!
March 29, 2020 John 11:1-45 Grief. It is a part of the human condition that many of us would rather forego. It hurts. Often grief may hit us at the most unexpected times catching us by surprise and leaving us not knowing how to process or cope. I was caught off guard this past week… Continue reading It is okay to grieve!
Book Review: Thirst by Scott Harrison
I had first heard of Thirst, while listening to Rob Bell’s podcast, The Robcast. The author, Scott Harrison has a great story to share with his readers which speaks to our own broken human nature on multiple levels. First, it speaks to the individual brokenness that Scott does not try to hide. Second, it speaks to the… Continue reading Book Review: Thirst by Scott Harrison
God’s Grace is Sufficient
This past week was my first visit to Houston. It is an incredibly large town and yet while we were at the NRG Park Complex, it seemed very secluded from the rest of the city as our food choices were limited to food trucks and concessions. Which honestly, is not too bad unless you are… Continue reading God’s Grace is Sufficient
Waiting…
November 12, 2017 Matthew 25:1-13 We spend a lot of our lives waiting. Waiting in lines at the grocery store, for amusement park rides, in traffic on the highway, for a doctor’s appointment. Yet we get very impatient when things do not come to us as fast as we would like them to. Waiting is… Continue reading Waiting…
Merry Christmas
I have enjoyed sharing with all of you the daily devotional during the Advent Season. May God Bless you and your family this Christmas Season. As we prepare to enter the New Year may God continue to shine a light through any darkness and be a beacon of hope.
Christmas Eve Devotion
Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. He it… Continue reading Christmas Eve Devotion
Advent Devotions December 9
Luke 7:24-26 When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who put on fine clothing and live in… Continue reading Advent Devotions December 9
Advent Devotions December 4
Philippians 1:20-24 It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way, but that by my speaking with all boldness, Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. If I… Continue reading Advent Devotions December 4
a mysterious way 