Gospel Hope for a Grieving World

Gospel Hope for A Grieving World

What consumes your thoughts and heart? A world polarized around conflict?  Social media posts? Civil rights? Pandemic news? Or perhaps it is more personal: a loss, a diagnosis, a prodigal, unemployment, or a relationship you can’t make work.  Just like us, 1st century Christians lived in a world taut with fear, hate, and uncertainty. Many had to fight for their …

Finding Freedom from Fear

A re-post in the wake of my husband’s recent job loss and all the uncertainty that accompanies it. Questions about faith and God filled my mind as I tossed back and forth in bed– –then Fear came calling. Now, I know better than to allow Fear to get his foot in the door, but it was midnight and the week had been filled …

How Much Hope Does Your Jesus Offer?

Doesn’t it seem that every time you turn on the TV some catastrophe or another writhes across the screen? “Bangladesh: Cheap clothes lead to danger and tragedy”¹ “Southwest Florida children sold as sex slaves”² “Loss of 19 firefighters in Arizona blaze ‘unbearable,’ governor says”³ Tragedy gives way to heartbreak. Pain washes across the TV screen and spills into our hearts, …

Getting A Grip In An Out of Control World

We live in a radically changing world and sometimes it scares me. Take our nation for instance: it use to be revered–feared–but that’s changing. Hijacked planes, murdered diplomats, city streets transformed into death traps–all in broad daylight. The world seems to careen out of control and we wonder, “What does tomorrow hold for us–for our children? No force on earth …