Articles
Are You Cultivating Courage or Fear?
Every day, whether you realize it or not, you're making a choice. With every decision, every habit, every thought pattern you entertain, you're either cultivating a spirit of courage or a spirit of fear. And here's the thing, when pressure comes, what's been growing...
It’s Not Faith If There’s No Action
Growing up in church, I remember hearing people talk about faith all the time. It was this nebulous, hard-to-grasp concept that seemed important but felt impossible to pin down. What does faith actually look like? What does it mean in practical terms? Joshua 1:10-18...
You’re Not Alone in the Impossible
Lessons from Joshua I was reading about Polycarp while preparing for the sermon this week. Polycarp was an 86-year-old bishop who faced down Roman flames rather than deny Christ. When they offered him freedom if he'd just say "Caesar is Lord," he famously replied, "86...
Breaking Free from Slave Mentality
What Joshua Teaches Us About True Freedom Even when the Isrealites had their freedom, what did they long for? The days of old in Egypt, even though those were miserable... God had to work that slave mentality out of His people. Have you ever noticed how we can...
God’s Promises Don’t Depend on Human Leaders
Lessons from Joshua In December 1912, a frail 72-year-old missionary named Charlotte "Lottie" Moon was quietly carried aboard a steamship, malnourished and weighing only 50 pounds. She had given away all her food during a famine in northern China, where she had served...
What Every Weary Mom Needs to Remember
Another Mother's Day is here, and I've been thinking about what mothers truly need to hear, not just sentimentality, but sustaining truth that carries us through the hard days of parenting. This year, my mind kept returning to three unlikely mothers found in the book...
PART 3: From Exile to Homecoming
The Jesus Way What if the solution to exile wasn't escaping it but having someone enter it with you? That's precisely what Jesus did. Our Savior didn't eliminate exile from a distance, He experienced it Himself, transforming it from within. Jesus: The Ultimate Exile...
PART 2: Finding Your Voice in Exile
Lessons from Lamentations When suffering leaves us speechless, sometimes borrowing someone else's words can help us find our voice. The book of Lamentations offers precisely that gift, language for our grief when we're struggling to articulate our pain. The Poetry of...
PART 1: Finding Home in a World of Exile
Have you ever felt that deep ache, not just missing your house while on vacation, but a profound longing for somewhere you truly belong? That restlessness isn't just psychological; it's deeply spiritual and biblical. The Universal Experience of Exile Scripture reveals...