I read just one page of the Valley of Vision every morning. Even when I know I won’t have time for more than the words it takes to consume my coffee, I open up this collection of Puritan prayers and devotions to help calm my anxious heart and set my eyes on Jesus. I highly…
This process of narrowing down vision is draining. I started believing I could (and should!) pitch a children’s storybook bible highlighting the life of Jesus before his life in the manger. You know – all the ways Jesus shows up, alive and well, in the Old Testament. But somehow Rahab walked on stage, and then…
And she bound the scarlet cord in her window. Rahab. Her hope stretched thin like the rope the men now shimmied down. This blood-stained cord would be the only sign that remained of their oath. She knew she could trust their God, but could she trust His people? How often have you thought through the…
If you want to laugh, and I mean laugh out loud in the face of a bitter Winter wind. If you want heads to turn at at the sound of your guffawing and people to think you’re the cheeriest, chuckling, ear-bud wearing runner (or walker) on the trail… Then you’ve got to meet Brant &…
“Book ends.” That’s how Tom described Christ’s presence. Book ends on the story of my life. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…and behold, I am with you always to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20) Like those square brackets that…
Crossing Jordan 