Blessed is the one    who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers,2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,    and who meditates on his law day and night.3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,    which yields […]

I love the nativity story because it’s filled with ordinary moments. Ordinary people, doing ordinary things. And then God moves. The day Jesus was born was just an ordinary day, but then something miraculous happened. The real nativity story is about how “God so loved […]

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday, Jesus! For many of us, the nativity story is so ingrained in our minds that we review and reflect on the same aspects every year: Jesus in a manger, animals were around, angels appeared, shepherds and wise men came with gifts […]

Psalm 5:1-3 For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David. “1 Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. 2 Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, Lord, you hear […]

I’m just going to come out and say it: being a mom has made me a terrible friend from time to time. You guys…I missed my best friend’s birthday this year. Who does that?!?!?!? A mom with a new baby, that’s who. ME. That was […]

Exhausted mom real life confession: I haven’t used an alarm clock more than five or six times in the last 3 years. My children have replaced that role in my life. If you have older children, you have likely gone a much longer time than […]

Luke 12:22-34 “22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 […]