Praise is our Defense AND Offense
It sounds a little strange, doesn’t it? Praise — a weapon? When life feels like a battle, my first instinct isn’t to sing — it’s to stress and whine. To fix. To figure it out. Maybe even to complain just a little (or a lot). But Psalms 8:2 flips that thinking upside down.“Through praise —…
He Rescued Me
On Monday, there I was — on the elliptical — just trying to get my steps in, when I glanced at the news. And suddenly — my workout turned into worship.A U.S. airman — alone, freezing, battered — clinging to life on a mountainside. Thirty-six hours of hiding, climbing, surviving. Every move mattered. Every breath…
Let’s Keep Singing and Celebrating!
There’s something about Easter music that doesn’t just touch our ears and hearts — it reaches our souls! This past Good Friday, our church was filled with somber voices, sacred scriptures, and the quiet reverence of communion — a holy reminder of the price our Lord paid so we wouldn’t have to. I sat there…
Forty More Days – He’s Not Done Yet
There’s forty more days of Easter. Don’t pack up the lilies.Don’t tuck away the joy. Easter wasn’t a one-day celebration.It was just the beginning. For forty more days, Jesus walked the earth — alive, present, and wonderfully unexpected. Acts 1:3 says: “After His suffering, He presented Himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that…
God’s Not Dead — He’s ALIVE!
The stone is rolled away. The tomb is empty.And heaven is not whispering — it’s shouting! HE’S ALIVE!!! What looked like a grave — was really a doorway.What looked like the end — was heaven shouting — “Watch this!” Peter said it best: “It was not possible for death to hold Him.” (Acts 2:24) Not…
Holy Saturday: The Day In Between
It’s the day after.You know that feeling.The phone calls have been made.The tears have been cried — at least the first wave.And now — there’s silence.A quiet so heavy it almost echoes. Yesterday, everything changed.Jesus — Teacher, Healer, Friend — was gone.Laid in a borrowed tomb.Stone rolled shut.Hope — sealed behind it. Can you imagine…
Good Friday — Not, Black Friday?
That’s what it feels like when loss hits close to home. When our hearts are breaking and the world keeps spinning like nothing happened. People laugh. Traffic moves. Life goes on. And we wonder how we can go on?An innocent Man — kind, compassionate, blameless — betrayed, beaten, nailed to a cross. Justice twisted. Truth…
Holy Thursday — Love at the Table
Remember Throwback Thursday? TBTOld photos. Big hair. Bell bottoms. Memories that make us smile. But this Thursday — this isn’t a throwback.It’s a comeback of the heart. Not just a picture on a wall of “The Last Supper” — but a living moment filled with love and passion — yet tension and deceit. Jesus sat…
Holy Wednesday — Halfway There
We call Wednesday “Hump Day.Weekend in sight. Hang on just a little longer. But this Wednesday?This one wasn’t about pushing through to something easy.For Jesus, it meant one day closer to the cross. Scripture tells us this day is often called “Spy Wednesday.” Judas –one of His own — went to the chief priests and…
Temple Tuesday — Truth that Stands
I feel a quiet stirring in my heart. I don’t want to move through this week distracted or unaware. This is the week Jesus walked steadily toward the cross — for me, for you. And I find myself wanting to slow my pace, soften my heart, and walk with Him — all the way to…