This past Sunday we were in the third week of Advent, and the topic was joy (the pink candle). Before the service, someone asked me how I was doing, and after saying I was doing well, the question came out, “Really? How is your daughter?” For those who don’t know, my oldest daughter lives with... Continue Reading →
I woke up this morning to a text from a young person struggling with failure. Within a short period I was dealing with another young person who was clearly in a compromised place. This isn’t uncommon in the area we are in, but their communication with me was troubling. It was not troubling that they... Continue Reading →
In the end of Matthew chapter three, Jesus is baptized, and He goes from being baptized to a time of testing in the desert. Mounce has this to say about this transition, “Times of testing… come from the Lord in order to strengthen and help… Will he, like Israel of old, disobey, or will he... Continue Reading →
Along the Multicolored Road 