Do you know how to worry? I think we can all say a confident “yes” to that question. Think about what you do when you worry. You turn something over and over in your mind. You look at it from every angle, thinking and pondering it for the purpose of understanding and learning more about…

Have you ever been completely captivated by someone or something? Perhaps it was a breathtaking sunset or newborn baby that caught your attention. What did you do? Did you glance for a moment, or did you become so enamored by the vision that you stopped, turned, and looked “full-on” into the face of the exquisite…

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after:
 that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
 to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
 and to inquire in his temple. Today we come to the final few phrases of this rich verse. For the next three weeks,…

I hit send and the text message containing the verse for the day went through. I’ve been trying to cultivate the habit of sending a daily Scripture to my boys each morning—just another way to get truth into their hearts. Fifteen or so seconds passed and I hear the ping of my phone indicating a…

For the past two weeks we have focused on the first portion of Psalm 27:4:  One thing have I asked of the LORD (Jehovah). We studied the meaning and importance of the name Jehovah,and the difference Jehovah can make in a situation, a person or an experience if we place Him in that “thing.” We talked…

 Happy Monday, friends! Last week I had you focus on the passage from Psalm 27:4 listed below in several translations. I want you to slowly read this verse again (Yes, in all three translations.) and allow it to seep into the crevices of heart and mind.  ESV One thing have I asked of the Lord,…

Psalm 27:4-5 ESV One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in…

I was nearly twelve years old when I felt the current pull, dragging me off my feet and deeper into the ocean. For one breath of a moment, I felt the world sucking me into its center when my dad grabbed my arm and yanked me toward him. It was simple. A moment without comment…

In February of this year, a small group of ladies from our church packed suitcases with lightweight clothes and cans of dry shampoo and headed for Cape Town, South Africa. A day and a half later, we bumped our wheeled suitcases down the ramp in a foreign but familiar city. The air was hot and…

Hospitality is really all about other people.  It’s not primarily about the food we serve when guests come to our home.  It is more about our heart for others and the way we allow others to be lavished with grace and accepted and known.  It is about helping them feel refreshed after having been with…