When the Wilderness Begins to Bloom

DID YOU KNOW Anxiety has an unusual ability to make tomorrow feel more real than today. We can be sitting safely in our own home, surrounded by people we love, with enough food for the evening and enough strength for the moment, yet our minds can already be living inside a disaster that has neverContinue reading “When the Wilderness Begins to Bloom”

When Fear Loses Its Authority

DID YOU KNOW Fear has a way of making earthly power look larger than it really is. A hostile person can appear overwhelming. A threatening circumstance can dominate our imagination. A religious authority, employer, institution, diagnosis, financial crisis, or personal failure can begin to feel as though it has the final word over us. JesusContinue reading “When Fear Loses Its Authority”

As the Day Ends

You Are Worth More Than You KnowLuke 12:7 – “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” There is something remarkably tender in the way Jesus speaks in Luke 12:7. We live in a world that too often measures our value by achievements,Continue reading “As the Day Ends”