Prayer in the New Year

So we are a couple of weeks into 2023 and all the hubbub is beginning to die down. Celebrations are over and we’ve taken down the decorations. We’ve either ditched our New Year’s resolutions or we’re starting to get into the swing of them. Our lives are “returning to...

God’s Love

This is how God showed his love among us; He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live for him. 1 John 4:9 Can you imagine loving anyone enough to give up your own son? It is hard for us to fathom this kind of love in our human minds, however, it is...

New Years Thoughts

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus....

The Greatest Gift

I’ve been fortunate to have received many great gifts over the years. As a child, I remember one Christmas where my siblings and I all got a big gift – a Nintendo. (Yes, I no I am dating myself). It was an original Nintendo and we thought that it was the...

Ready for Christmas

Author Ann Voskamp has been publishing Advent devotionals titled “A Spacious, Non-Anxious Christmas.” These are brief, daily videos on her social media to remind us to slow down and make room in our hearts, minds and lives for Jesus. It’s a sad but true irony that we...