Rejection comes in different voices, but it rarely tells the whole story. Sometimes it sounds like, “We have decided to move forward with another candidate.” Other times it sounds like, “I don’t think we’re a good fit.” Coming through a phone call, an email, a…
Prelude As I was writing Dressed to Stand, my mind kept replaying battle scenes after watching one too many historical dramas and war films, scenes filled with raised shields, drawn swords, fastened armor, and the sound of metal colliding on…
Ephesians 6:10–18 (KJV) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12 For we wrestle…
He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”Mark 4:40 (NIV) It sounds like a reprimand, it reads like a reprimand, it probably is a reprimand. For my Monopoly lovers, you will understand…
“After this manner therefore pray ye… And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:9-12 KJV There are prayers we learn by memory, and there are prayers we learn by living. The Lord’s Prayer is easy to recite, especially…
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is where we left off. So much emotion within a short period of time, though it was a long time in the making it only right that we observe this pause. Saturday is often passed over too quickly,…
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.Hebrews 9:22 (KJV) Blood is at the center of the story of redemption. To understand why, we have to go to the…
Psalm 23 (KJV) 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.4 Yea,…
In a world that seeks to understand love through the lens of human relationships, it is easy to forget that love itself is greater than what we experience in our fleeting, imperfect connections. Love, which is God Himself, is not…
After listening to a sermon anchored in Ecclesiastes 12, the message stayed with me long after it ended, connecting with other thoughts I had been carrying. The Spirit kept speaking, drawing lines between Scripture and teaching, until the meaning became…