Pic: Photo by TABoland It’s been almost eight years since Chuck passed. I thought of him today (January 31) on his birthday. So many of...

Pic: Long Beach High School Concert Choir 1983 I sang in the Concert Choir when I was in high school. Our teacher was well-known through...

(What’s the Point of the Resurrection? Part 2) This is the second blog exploring the role of the resurrection of Jesus in the salvific...

The study of scripture is endlessly fascinating. It doesn’t seem possible that we can read the same passage of scripture many times over...

Between the last page of the Old Testament and the first page of the New Testament, roughly four hundred years passed when heaven was...

Spiritual growth is hard work. I have learned in the last six years or so to allow the Spirit to lead me into topics of conversation that...

What does it mean to be in a safe place? a safe space is where I can lower the emotional and mental walls that protect me a space I can...

The discovery of two thousand year old documents in the desert bordering Israel and Jordan was undoubtedly the greatest archaeological...

The author of Hebrews was an educated, skillful writer. If you've ever tried to read the letter to the Hebrews, it may have seemed like...

What does it mean to truly repent? Is it enough to say we are sorry or to feel remorse? The Bible teaches that true and genuine...

Sometimes, it's small, simple habits that make the biggest difference. To lose weight, we might make small changes like drinking more...

Photo Cred: Freepik.com April 17 will be seven years since my husband, Chuck, went home to the Lord. This year, April 17 falls on Easter...

I was sitting with a friend at a women’s bible study when she spoke her honest feelings about something going on in my life. I didn’t...

How important is it that we pick up the Bible and read it for ourselves? I often think of how differently I understand God now from when...

It takes humility to allow yourself to be broken and weak while standing on the world's stage. You step up on that stage with trembling...

Wake the children Warn them the night is coming They must set aside their playthings Put their hands to the plow. Wake the children While...

This is more of a journal post than anything. Scripture is the recorded thoughts and actions of real people in specific historical...

Many of us struggle against that negative voice in our head that tells us we are not enough. We are not adequate for a relationship, a...

Sometimes when I am overwhelmed, I think of Jesus going to church. “They went to Capernaum and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the...