Experiencing God There are moments in Scripture when an image is so ordinary that we are tempted to overlook its depth. Clay is one of those images. It is common, unimpressive, easily overlooked underfoot. Yet in Jeremiah 18:6, the Lord anchors one of His most searching revelations in this humble substance: “O house of Israel,Continue reading “When God Finds Willing Hands”
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When Faith Becomes Familiar—and God Feels Distant
Experiencing God “Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness?’” Jeremiah 2:6 There is something quietly unsettling about Jeremiah’s observation. The people of God had not rejected Him outright. They were still worshiping, still practicing the rituals handed downContinue reading “When Faith Becomes Familiar—and God Feels Distant”
Choosing the Nearness of God
DID YOU KNOW “God is with the righteous generation.” Psalm 14:5 (NASB) Did you know that righteousness in Scripture describes relationship more than reputation? When Scripture speaks of “the righteous,” it is not referring to people who have achieved moral perfection or religious superiority. Rather, it speaks of those who seek God, desire God, andContinue reading “Choosing the Nearness of God”
When Holiness Undoes Us—and Remakes Us
Experiencing God “So, I said: ‘Woe is me, for I am undone … for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.’” (Isaiah 6:5) There are moments in Scripture that feel less like stories we read and more like mirrors held up to our own souls. Isaiah’s encounter with God in the templeContinue reading “When Holiness Undoes Us—and Remakes Us”
When Love Replaces Resolutions
Experiencing God “So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?’” John 21:15 There is something quietly disarming about the way Jesus restores Peter. No lecture. No replay of past failures. No demand for promises about doing better next time. After breakfast—anContinue reading “When Love Replaces Resolutions”
Following Without Looking Sideways
A Day in the Life of Jesus There is something deeply human—and quietly unsettling—about the moment recorded near the end of John’s Gospel when Peter turns his head. Jesus has just finished restoring Peter after the resurrection, speaking words of grace that reaffirm his calling and hint at the costly faithfulness that will one dayContinue reading “Following Without Looking Sideways”
Love That Is Tested, Love That Is Commissioned
A Day in the Life of Jesus There are moments in the life of Jesus that feel almost uncomfortably intimate, as though we are overhearing a conversation meant for only two souls. John 21:15–19 is one of those moments. I find myself standing quietly on the shoreline, the smell of charcoal still lingering from breakfast,Continue reading “Love That Is Tested, Love That Is Commissioned”
Willingness to Serve
Breakfast by the Sea and the Restoration of Peter John 21:7–14 draws us into one of the most tender and quietly decisive moments in the post-resurrection life of Jesus. The scene is ordinary on the surface: a group of disciples fishing, a charcoal fire on the beach, bread and fish prepared for breakfast. Yet beneathContinue reading “Willingness to Serve”
Seven Resolves That Still Shape the Soul
DID YOU KNOW Advent is a season of holy resolve. As the Church waits for the coming of Christ, we are invited not only to remember His first arrival but to examine the posture of our own hearts. Few figures in Christian history help us do this with more clarity than Jonathan Edwards. Living inContinue reading “Seven Resolves That Still Shape the Soul”
When Jesus Stands in the Middle of Our Fear
A Day in the Life of Jesus There are moments in the Gospels when I find myself standing shoulder to shoulder with the disciples, feeling their confusion more than their courage. The scene in Luke 24:36–43, echoed again in John 20:19–23, is one of those moments. The disciples are gathered behind locked doors, not outContinue reading “When Jesus Stands in the Middle of Our Fear”