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Defeating Doubt has a double meaning doesn’t it? Doubt can defeat us–defeating doubt, or we can defeat it. We are defeating doubt. And it certainly works both ways. I recently pitched a novel to an agent who swiftly pitched the novel back into my lap. He wasn’t wrong. When he saw the holes in my work, I saw them too.…

Have you ever felt out of place? Like the world and time are just passing by and you're invisible, or worse, you're being ignored? It's a lie. nYou are not invisible. You are not ignored. And time and the world don't really matter. The one who created you sees you, knows you, and loves you. There is so much hate,…

Have you ever wondered what Jesus did during Hanukkah? Imagine yourself in the first century in Jerusalem. You are there to draw closer to God and to celebrate Hanukkah, to remember the dedication of the temple after a man had desecrated it and claimed to be God. You’re walking between a great stretch of pillars east of the temple just…

Have you ever hoped and prayed for something so much that you ached for—so badly that you didn’t think you could live without it? You prayed and prayed day after day, month after month, year after year, and… I have dear friends who wanted a child more than anything. They invested everything they could to make their dream come true.…

We all make mistakes. We all do things we shouldn't, and sometimes we fail to do things we should. And sometimes those things hurt others, and sometimes others do things that hurt us. How do we resolve those things? How do we move on? The answer is forgiveness.What does it mean? Does it mean we pretend nothing ever happened? Just…

I recently read a quote that said, "We can only pour out if we are poured into." It's the phrase "can only" that bothers me. God is not limited. nnHe can pour from an empty vessel. He can pour from a broken vessel. He can pour when there is no vessel at all. The God, who created the universe and…

All of us have a tendency to wander. We question God. And we even experience moments or seasons when we turn our backs on him. Jesus knows our wanderings, but he offers us all he has anyway, and he waits for us—watching, expectant, and eager for us to run into his arms. One day, when the scribes and Pharisees complained…

God is where we are, and He is looking out for our best interests, but He sees what we don't see and knows and understands what we do not.The question itself implies He's not here and He doesn't care. That doesn't work for me. I have to ask another question. "Who is God?" And "What is He like?" There are…

The pressure is on. The clock is ticking—always. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days. 8,760 hours. 525,600 minutes. 31,536,000 seconds. We wrestle with time and race against it. We make plans and set our course. But life has a way of defying us. And time—time doesn’t heal. Time doesn’t make us stronger. Time is the cruel teacher that steals our…

Long lay the world entrenched in missteps shackled by bad choices filled with shame or shameless full of guilt or void of feeling But He appeared and the unworthy felt worthy the unwanted, wanted the empty, filled the shamed, restored, loved A thrill of hope and the weary felt strength the joyless felt joy the hopeless felt hope For yonder…

When I was a young boy, my mother dragged me everywhere. I visited widows from church, sang in nursing homes, waited eternities for her to shop and pick out a dress, ate at quaint little restaurants in obscure places, visited libraries, went to concerts, and listened various speakers. I was a little sponge, soaking up each experience. One of those…

It doesn't take long. The body isn't even cold before bile and vitriol escape and poison everyone, it seems. Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at 87 after years of serving her country. May she rest in peace.nI honestly don't care about her "politics." nThere is only one judge and ruler over all. nDoes He pass judgment? That's His to decide.…