Peter’s at a tough age. That age is called “three.” He is a kind, sweet, sensitive, thoughtful, empathetic, loving little boy who sometimes finds...
When Your Soul Says “HurgamurnurdodoDODORRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGH”
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
The Halfway Point
If you had to guess what your life would look like 17 years from now, do you think you could do it with any degree of accuracy? I couldn’t. And that...
A good work
Hey. Take a look at this verse: “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ”...
Lights, Baskets, and Good Deeds
If you’re doing good things in order to be seen, you’re doing them for the wrong reason. But if you’re doing good things, you will be seen. “For...
Praising the God Who Takes Away
It’s easy to praise the God who gives you what you ask for. The God who opens doors of opportunity for you. The God who pours down blessings on you...
The Enemy of Holiness
How do you make something holy? Trick question—you can’t. You can keep something holy, like the Sabbath. God told us to “remember the Sabbath day,...
Belonging to the Way
Before they were known as Christians, the early followers of Jesus Christ were identified as “belonging to the Way” (Acts 9:2, ESV). I love that. It...
A big ol’ box of air
I’m big into board games. If you know me, this is no surprise. Even if you don’t know me, it’s probably not much of a surprise. I’ve already...
The hand that wrote this
The year was 1089. A scribe sat down to finish his current project: a handwritten copy of the gospel accounts in Greek. He wasn’t the first to do...
Dragging God With Us
On Sinai, God gave Moses verbal blueprints for constructing His tabernacle—the tent in which He would dwell with Israel during their time in the...
A short parable
“My choices are my business and no one else’s,” says the man as he drives his car into the concrete median, backing up traffic for miles. The impact...
The Unleavened Life: Taking in Sincerity and Truth
With three little ones involved, Mary and I have discovered that the deleavening process takes more time than it used to. We lack the time (and...
Blood on the Doorposts
Up until the tenth plague, it was enough to just be an Israelite. Beginning with the flies of the fourth plague, God “set apart the land of Goshen,...
The Ball Pit of Destiny
You’re standing at the edge of a ball pit. The pit itself is three feet high—about the level of your waist. For the most part, it looks exactly like...
The Precious Gift of Prayer
You can talk with God. And God will listen. The most powerful Being in this universe, and you have the ability to come before His throne—once,...
The Day the Heating Elements Quit
Yesterday was a funny day. Our dryer—that is, the dryer we were generously gifted 12 years ago when a family friend was upgrading their already...
The Assembling of Ourselves
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up...
Do I Really Deserve to Be Here?
Out of all three questions we’ve been discussing these past few weeks, this is the easiest one to answer. No. Of course you don’t deserve to be...