Psalm 127 (the Message) “1-2 If God doesn’t build the house, the builders only build shacks. If God doesn’t guard the city, the night watchman might as well nap. It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to […]

1 Corinthians 13 is traditionally used at weddings. Rightly so, loving your spouse in a way that reflects Christ’s love for us is infinitely important. Loving our children with that same love is also critical to building a trusting relationship with them and pointing them […]

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 […]

Sometimes I let my imagination get the best of me. Before I realize that I’m even daydreaming,  I’ve played out a dramatic story of how my child is going to contract a rare veggie deficiency disease that causes his bones to become brittle and he […]

Have you ever used the Bible verse as a weapon against someone, like when your kid won’t eat veggies? Not in the gospel-spreading armor of God way (Ephesians 6:10-17) but in a you-better-listen-to-me-or-else way? Ephesians 6:1 “1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for […]