Devotional Living

What To Do With Wounds That Won’t Heal

Pool

Something that happened to me 45 years ago still hurts. The water was crystal blue. The sky, cloudless. Beach chairs surrounding the hotel pool were sizzling hot in the East African sun. My brother and I spent countless hours at this pool when we were home from boarding school. Our …

Devotional Living

Fruit Always Tells The Truth

fruit

Each year our pastor encourages us to pick a vision verse. What is the point of choosing a vision verse? Focus, meditation. Reflection. Immersion in truth. I want my vision verse to drag my ears away from the lies of the enemy. I want it to wage war against the …

Advent, Devotional Living

The Advent of Hope

humility ~ service ~ sacrifice ~ HOPE Sometime around December 20, I was walking up the hill from our shop/garage to the house. It was pitch dark out. The shop light cast a soft halo around the back door but the farther away I walked, the deeper the darkness became. …