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Luke 14:7-14 – The Least
“One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. . . . Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, ‘When you are invited by someone to a…
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Luke 13:22-30 – The Last
“He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem. And someone said to him, ‘Lord, will those who are saved be few?’ And he said to them, ‘Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once…
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Jesus: God’s Son Part 2
If you missed last month’s post on what it means for Jesus to be refered to as God’s Son, you can find that here. Luke chapter 4 picks up with Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. This is the last event that prepared Jesus for his public ministry. We usually say Jesus’ baptism was the start…
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Jesus: God’s Son
Have you ever thought about what it means for Jesus to be referred to as God’s Son? Many of us are familiar with the Christmas story, where the angel tells Mary, “‘And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and…
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Word of the Year 2025
Two weeks and one snow storm into the new year, I figured it was time to write about my word for 2025. This one actually came to me relatively quickly when I began thinking about it last year. Starting a new job & having one child start pre-k in “big girl school” and one child…
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Surrender: My One Word from 2024
As the year winds down, I’ve been doing some reflecting. One thing I’ve been thinking about is my word from this year. If you’re not familiar with that idea, you can read my post about it here. This past year, the Lord laid the word surrender on my heart, along with Matthew 16:24: “Then Jesus…
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Our Advocate and Propitiation
1 John is a beautiful letter (or some might say sermon) from the apostle John to the churches in Asia Minor. These believers were being enticed by false teaching, but he speaks with authority and affection the truths he learned from Jesus, encouraging the people to stand firm in the truth and not be led…
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A Prayer Strategy
For a long time I struggled with prayer. I read a lot of books and thought a lot about it, but spent little time actually doing it. I have tons of journals from my single years full of prayers I’d written, but as life got busier, I found my prayers slowing down. I knew something…
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Back to School
Where I live, school starts August 1st, and this will be my oldest daughter’s first year of “big school” (she’s starting pre-k). What better way to kick off the first month of school than to bathe it in prayer? Many of you reached out to tell me you liked the previous prayer calendars I created,…
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The Forgotten Part of the Easter Story
I know what you’re probably thinking. “Easter was over a month ago. Why this post now?” Well, it was 40 days ago, to be exact, and 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead, something important happened that doesn’t get a lot of air time when we summarize the gospel. If I asked you to…
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