The Sunday morning routine…worship, sermon, communion…can quickly become monotonous in the absence of connection. How many self-identified Christians have left their churches because they never truly found God or meaning? In our most recent missionary trip to Guatemala, we became obvious that connection is at the heart of the Gospel. You cannot make disciples if …
Isaiah 49:15 is one of my favorite verses because it demonstrates the love of God, the father, towards his children. His love even surpasses the love a mother can have for her child. It is almost unfathomable to think that a mother could abandon her child and that is why God uses it to demonstrate …
“Eight Times.” Words are meaningless without context. One cannot possibly understand the weight of “eight times” without its story. Is it eight times I saw my favorite movie? Or eight times I visited my favorite restaurant this past year? If only. Those two words would then invoke feelings of joy and happiness. However, for a …
