In our junk drawer, I found a packet of wildflower seeds. I received them at a wedding years ago and never got around to planting them....

What do you imagine as you pray, “Your Kingdom come on earth as in heaven”? How do we enter this Kingdom and then live each day as...

A few weeks ago, I sat with a woman in spiritual direction. She was tired. Not just physically tired, but soul weary. Her words came...

Stories have the power to change our lives. The narratives we listen to and believe shape everything about our lives. Jesus was a master...

So, you have God’s armor-- remember it is His, not yours! Yet daily the invitation is “to put on the full armor of God so that you can...

A church we attended for many years had the most wonderful way to celebrate resurrection morning— I can still hear the sound of hundreds...

Behold the Man not lifted in glory but hoisted in shame. The Lamb, silent beneath the roar. The Maker, torn by what He made. The blood is...

The description of the full armor of God ends with these words, "And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is...

“Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” — Ephesians 6:16 I’ll never forget...

Are you beginning to feel well-dressed for this warfare that we are part of, whether we want to be or not? We have put on Christ as our...

As we journey through the armor of God, we come to the belt of truth, a piece that is foundational not because it represents an abstract...

Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Maybe it began with feeling attracted to someone; maybe you became acquainted, then...

In spiritual formation, some battles rage unseen. The human mind is a battlefield where lies war against truth, anxiety presses against...

I wonder how many of us are aware as we go about our daily lives that we are in a battle, that the spiritual world around us is very...

Last week, Wendy explored the transformative power of saying "yes" to God—embracing His will and experiencing the profound changes that...

Does becoming what you were made for sound inviting, intimidating, or impossible? Do you want God’s transforming presence in your life,...

In 1501, a young Michelangelo was handed an enormous block of marble. It was deeply flawed, rejected by other sculptors who deemed it...

Welcome to 2025! I wonder if you have responded to Dom's invitation to make this year a year of intentionality, of welcoming God's...

As the old year comes to a close and the New Year dawns, we often turn our thoughts to resolutions... those ambitious declarations of...

During World War I, on Christmas Eve of 1914, something extraordinary happened along the Western Front. Amid the chaos of war, soldiers...