When it comes to the work of the Garden, bigger isn’t always better. Beauty, after all, is cultivated through care, and care, like mulch, can often spread too thin.
This restoration was to reset God’s original provisions set out when the Israelites first entered their Promised Land.
If the weekly Sabbath had been faithfully observed, they might have had the faith to depend on God for their food every seven years, and if they had learned that God was faithful to provide for them every seven years, they might have had the faith to release everything back to the Lord in the Year of Jubilee.
Perhaps it means faithfully doing the work he has called you to even when you wonder if it matters at all.
There is so much to be loved, and if all truth is God’s truth—and I believe that it is—then God reveals parts of himself in all things.
Instead of shrinking back, we should be flowing forward, confident in who we are because of whose we are and what He has already tasked us to do! Instead of trampling on and criticizing culture, we can add God’s flavor and preserve it for great use.
We want to live in an important story. We just don’t know what our important story is.
If Christians have a reputation for recognizing and praising the good and true, maybe more people will listen.
My adult self does not comprehend how a Barbie doll—inspiring beauty and creativity—has become twisted into an object of disdain.
How can the church be a hub for community, building and extending a culture that mirrors the love of Jesus and love of neighbor, when what that love looks like may be counter to what the surrounding community expects when the word “love” is used?
It’s so easy to be unkind to others, while being internally kind to ourselves.
Here, there is hope that people may once again become curious about Jesus—our gentle and lowly Wounded Healer who consistently moved toward the suffering and led with love.
Thanks to the onslaught of dating apps, people can make snap decisions about others based on their face alone.
My husband and I have had a disagreement for our entire 30+-year relationship. It’s over the pronunciation of the word “coupon.” He says, “kyoopon,” and I say, “koopon.” Maybe it can be attributed to the fact that we’re from diverse parts of the United States, but in all our years together, I’ve never been able…