second coming
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Open to Heaven
In asking for heaven on earth we are, like Jesus in Gethsemane or the saints in Hebrews 11, asking for something we may not receive in the way or timing we want. Yet we are told to ask none the less. “May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it Continue reading
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Be Here
I followed the narrow foot trial down a little hill towards the woods. It was an overcast day – my favorite time to run. I listened to the worship music coming from the little mp3 player clipped to my shorts. I leaned forward and let gravity take me down the hill as another song began. Continue reading
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The Kitchen Sink
I stand by the kitchen sink – stomach tight, jaw clenched. My hands are covered in soap as I shove a dirty fork into the dishwasher. Why is it here doing a daily mundane job that I feel the weight of my messed up past and the weight of the ways I could mess up Continue reading
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Learning to Hope
“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O Lord, have made me glad by Continue reading
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Face To Face
I often wrestle with why Jesus has not returned to bring His Church to Himself … why in the Bible this time we’re in is supposed to highlight God’s “patient forbearance” (2 Peter 3:9) when every moment people who reject God as Lord and Savior are dying and will experience separation from Him for eternity. Continue reading
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When Hope Groans
“But I can’t see Him,” she groaned. My heart immediately ached in echo of the lament: we do not have our Savior physically with us to comfort and reassure us of His lavish love. These sort of thoughts often leave me with a kind of loneliness that feels a lot like homesickness. But this time, Continue reading
The Worth Of Knowing 