Praise: God is Love

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16a). Love makes the world go round. All you need is love. Love wins. The world loves love. What is love? Who is the author of love? Where does love come from and why do we all...

Practice: Submission

“My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” (Lk 22:42) Before Jesus’s crucifixion, his ultimate suffering that he did not deserve, Jesus asked for his suffering to be removed.  However, he ended with surrender to...

Practice: Simplicity

 “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.”  2 Corinthians 11:3  (NASB) We live complicated lives in a complex world where overcrowded schedules rule our...

Praise: God is Just

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18 It’s important to reflect on living in light of God’s greater story around the world when we...
Out of Money

Out of Money

Beth’s story:  Over seven years ago I held my two-week only infant, Addison, closely in my arms. Addison is our fourth child, the caboose of our family. My husband, who had worked for years in the tumultuous financial services industry, was undergoing another...