Reigniting Hope: The Fruit of Love

We’ve zoomed-in the last two weeks to draw our focus a bit more onto one of our three graces, love, so that we can see how it is the greatest, how it sources faith and hope, and the way it flies over us in order to rally us to our King, assuring us He’s withContinue reading “Reigniting Hope: The Fruit of Love”

Women of Hope: Ruth

I knew that crossing the Jordan River to leave Moab behind would label me as “foreigner” and “dreaded Moabite.” I knew I’d have much to learn in this new place and that as widows our lives would be hard. But I never expected the people of Bethlehem to be so distant and… dangerous. I feelContinue reading “Women of Hope: Ruth”

God With Us: Love

Perhaps there is no word more overused in our culture than ‘love.’  Love my family.Love chips and salsa.Love Jane Austen.Love Hallmark Christmas movies.Love a good mystery.Love my Christmas tree.Love my friends.Love a good cup of hot tea. You get the idea. We tend to L.O.V.E. everything. In all our loving, we lose the potency forContinue reading “God With Us: Love”

Behold: Love

One morning this fall, wrapped in a warm blanket and settled in my cozy chair, I set out to read my daily Scriptures and devotion, having no clue that the prayer at the end would ignite in me a new searching, a new longing: “Come, Holy Spirit, and help me learn to behold Jesus inContinue reading “Behold: Love”

Journey of Joy: Week Nine — Meeting People

In the weeks leading up to my second trip to the Holy Land, I had several people encourage me to focus not only on the dead stones, all the holy sites, but to look upon the living stones, the people who live there, as well. Knowing this trip would be different than my first becauseContinue reading “Journey of Joy: Week Nine — Meeting People”

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