One of the ways we honor Christ and allow our light to shine brightly is to be a person who honors authority. Sadly, honoring authority is a lost art for many today. Romans 13:1-7 is an important passage to me because it speaks to the heart of God regarding what […]

Life is loud. Life is noisy. Life is busy. Life is complicated. Life is stressful. We need peace. Peace in the storm. Peace in the eye of life’s hurricanes. Peace when life seems to be roaring out of control. Have you ever said to yourself, “I need to find some […]

That God is more interested in our character than our comfort is a truth that is hard for many people to swallow. After all, who doesn’t prefer good times over bad times? Painlessness over pain is everyone’s first choice, right? And isn’t a good God obligated to make sure we […]

During this time unlike anything we’ve seen in recent history, I’ve been thinking about Esther. Mordecai encourages Esther to step up during a crucial time and serve. He said to her, “who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). The […]