April 3
Astonishing, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, extraordinary, incredible, marvelous, sensational, spectacular, staggering, stunning, tremendous, unbelievable, these are the synonyms that appeared when I...
Category: Devotionals
April 2
I’m surrounded by wise builders every spring and fall at Camp Paradise. For five decades, faithful men and women have followed Jesus into the wilderness to carve out space for campers to connect...
April 1
When I read this passage from Matthew, I didn't just read the words, I felt them, heavy in my chest.
March 31
I’ve encountered too many “smooth-talking saints” over the years. When someone claims to have a message from God to pass along, a signal flare goes off. It’s not that I don’t believe people...
March 30
The role I have at Willow meant that last September I was already deep in the Sermon on the Mount preparing for this series. As I was doing so, the world around us felt chaotic and uncertain. ICE was...
March 27
A busy week. A big meal. A long walk. A late night out. A heavy burden. If you and I joined Jesus in the garden on the night of His arrest, we’d probably fall asleep too.
March 26
Like many young girls, I dreamed of marriage. Through high school, I stayed single while my friends started dating, telling myself God had someone special—I just hadn’t met him yet.
March 25
Do you ever feel like God gets sick of your laundry list of needs, and he is tired of hearing from you? Like you are bothering Him? Our Scripture today addresses that same thing. Jesus tells a very...
March 24
When I was a new believer in my early twenties, I started to attend church. My Bible teachers told me to believe what the Bible says and to apply it to my life.