What We Do With What We Have
Last summer, my high school son started a lawn mowing business in our neighborhood. He created flyers and then found the courage to go door-to-door to introduce himself and offer his services. The...
Category: Devotionals
Experience Prompts Action
I’ve noticed this bumper sticker that says, “CoExist” on it and all the letters that make up the word are religious symbols. It makes sense that to maintain a civil society, we must...
Hello, Ambassador
Have you ever been to Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood? Do you know Ambassador Ertharin Cousin? If you’re familiar with either, you might know what it takes to go from humble beginnings to becoming...
Learning To Ride
Learning to ride a bike is both thrilling and terrifying. I remember riding confidently down the sidewalk with my training wheels, trying to balance the wheels and keep the handlebars straight so I...
God Is Hope To Us
My life has been permanently shaped by an unrelenting hope in God. The first 19 years of my life were hellish, and His loving presence was the scrap of wood that kept me afloat in those dark, stormy...
God Fights For Us
Today’s Scripture, specifically verse 7, is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. This verse has seen me through rheumatic fever and many strep throats that kept me sickly until my tonsil...
Establish, Make Secure
The verse before today’s Scripture speaks to the purity of a person’s motives. It says, “All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.” The verse immediately...
Tchotchkes Over Riches
I’ve never thought of myself as a sentimental person—I don’t get gushy over capturing every memory through photographic evidence (I usually snap one for Instagram and call it good enough) or...
This Way Or That Way?
When Dorothy first met Scarecrow, she was at an anxious intersection. “Follow the yellow brick road,” they said. But no one mentioned a fork in the road to Oz. Should she go this way or that way?...