

Faithfulness for the Everyday Task
There is a scene in the classic television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, where Mary sits slumped on her couch, describing her daily routine in a slow, flat monotone. Dream job, stable life, and yet complete boredom with the sameness of it all. Then her co-worker Ted Baxter stands up and repeats…

Trusting God in Quiet Disappointment
What does it even mean for God to be good? Psalm 42 sits with that question. Why are you downcast, my soul? Why so disturbed? It is not a tidy faith that asks that question. It is an honest one. And the answer the Psalmist arrives at is not a resolution of the circumstances. It is a choice to put …

Comfort When You Miss What Was
There are losses that do not announce themselves as grief at first. The gradual realization that the life you had is no longer the life you have. The healthy body that once ran and danced, now struggling with stairs. The relationships that shaped you, now absent. The version of yourself that existe…

Fruit That Lasts
The world measures fruitfulness in results, productivity, and visible evidence of effort. Businesses track it. Organizations evaluate it. Even churches can fall into measuring success by the metrics that are easiest to count. And by those standards, much of what God calls us to do would not registe…

God Is Steady When Life Feels Shifty
There is something deeply moving about a newborn baby crying in those first moments of life, overwhelmed and out of control, and then hearing a father's voice speak over him. It is okay, buddy. I am here. You are going to be alright. And the crying slows. The tiny body calms. And then, when the fat…

An Undivided Heart for Busy Days
You have finally made it to bed. The day is done. And yet the brain has not received the memo. The mind is still running through everything, scanning for what was missed, considering what everyone needs, rehearsing tomorrow before today has fully closed. The body is tense because the mind is still …

Learning to Let the Season Slow You Down
Our culture hands out badges of honor for busyness. The more plates spinning overhead, the more commitments stacked on top of each other, the more impressive the juggle, the more we are celebrated for it. And yet, as most of us eventually discover, that way of living will crush you. Not immediately…

God’s Faithfulness in Gradual Change
Sometimes the change from night to day arrives through a narrow gap in the curtains, just a faint gray light that tells us morning is on its way. Other times we watch the eastern horizon begin to glow and marvel as the light slowly, gradually fills the sky. Either way, the sun rises the same way it…

Hope for the Person Starting Over
The mind has a way of replaying what hurt us. Even when a new season arrives, even when there is finally a moment of reprieve, something in us stays braced for the next blow. The question forms quietly: is the other shoe about to drop? Can I actually trust this? Is it safe to hope? Starting over i…

When You're Tempted to Drift
Spiritual drift. The faith is still there, the belief is intact, but Christ is no longer the firm foundation He once was. The prayers, when they come, feel shallow. Procedural. A little empty. And the question begins to form: is God even listening? The writer of Hebrews knew this was coming for al…