Worry or Peace-The Choice is Yours

Worry. Someone once told me it was “negative prayer.” I call it exhausting. At 3:00 a.m. it’s as if the switch in my brain has been flicked on and my mind starts to race. It may be words I’ve spoken, words spoken to me, the gas bill that is due, my child’s struggle,...

Enough

Matthew chapter 19 tells us the story of a man who came to Jesus seeking the key to salvation: Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only...

While You Are Waiting…

What do you do while you are waiting? In a world of instant gratification, waiting is something that is disappearing from our lives. We don’t have to wait in lines anymore. We can purchase almost everything online, we do our banking from our phones, we can check...

The question behind the questions

Our pastor recently talked about how he is more curious about the questions behind what people actually ask out loud than the questions themselves. He was talking about faith-based conversations, but I experience the need to practice this discipline more often when...