Reading: Luke 2 Mary probably pondered many things in those nine months of pregnancy. How was it all going to work out? When would the baby come? Would she and Joseph be up to raising a son, much less the Son of God? Her life probably became one of constant wonder and inner thought because who else could understand her journey?  We see one of these quiet moments of reflection as the shepherds arrive to see the angel announced Savior. Luke tells us that they rushed to see the

I have always adored the story of Ruth which you know if you’ve been here for long but over the last few years, as the Lord has grown me...

Friends, this is the first verse that has ever come up in my “life verses” that I tried to run from and flat out deny. In fact, when it...

Reading: Genesis 37:12-36 I have a little brother and I have been pretty darn mad at him a few times during the course of the last three...

We’ve finally made it to my first life verse fully associated with a word of the year, expectation. The irony being that right after...

Reading: Job 1-2 I have a confession and it makes me feel awful but I feel I can be honest with you, my friend. When I read the beginning...

If you’ve listened to one episode of Hey Y’all: The Podcast or read more than about three posts on this blog, then you’ll know that I am...

I remember the first time I truly stopped and thought about this verse in Esther. It was in a store and the translation on the item put...

Reading: Genesis 6:1-8 “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”  Wow, what a statement in the midst of such a sad passage. We are...

Reading: Genesis 24 I’ve said it before but it still stands true… Relationships matter! Every single one of them. The people you do life...