The Lord's Servant 4/7/2021 - In Luke 1, Mary, the mother of Jesus had just been told by the angel of the Lord that she was highly esteemed and had been chosen to give birth to the son of God. Verse 38 says “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered, “May it be to me as you have said.” These words, to me, are some of the most profound in the Bible. Mary knew exactly who she was. “I am the Lord’s servant.”... Read more
Passion Week 3/31/2021 - It is Wednesday. The hump day of Holy Week. How are you preparing your heart for the celebration of Sunday? To help with this, let’s twist that well-worn 90s bracelet abbreviation WWJD from, “What would Jesus do?” to “What was Jesus DOING?” Here’s a timeline... Read more
Who Needs Normal? 3/24/2021 - As I am sit here writing this, we are officially a YEAR into COVID-19. I vividly remember the night before the world changed. I was hanging out with some friends on top of a parking garage on IUPUI’s campus, eating ice cream and looking forward to spring break. Not even 24 hours later, we were informed that our spring break would be two weeks long instead of one, which eventually morphed into the whole semester being online. Welcome to Zoom University. For the first time in my 23 years of life, the world changed from what we thought of “normal” to conversations about whether or not “normal” would ever happen again... Read more
Humble Pie 3/17/2021 - Last night my daughter said something so profound that I think warrants being cast out into the world, mostly so I can refer back and marvel at this parenting win for the rest of my life. “I love following rules so I don’t get into trouble or die,” Zada, age 8. Y’all, my hands instinctively shot straight up and I sang “Hallelujah, thank you Jesus!” Meanwhile, my husband's eyes rolled so far back he risked toppling right over. Read more
You Are A Miracle to Me 3/10/2021 - While studying the life of Joshua in our Connection Group recently, a common and natural response to how Joshua’s faith in his time relates to our faith now arose in the discussion: “I think I could be more faithful in difficult times like Joshua if I experienced God revealing himself to me similar to the supernatural ways that Joshua experienced.” I mean, really-freeing all the Jewish slaves from Egypt with miraculous plagues; destroying the Egyptian army and allowing the Jewish slaves to escape by parting the Red Sea; God as a pillar of cloud and pillar of fire to lead the Jews in the desert; power of God displayed at Mt. Sinai; manna from heaven; parting the Jordan River; walls of Jericho crashing down at the sound of trumpets and shouting; stopping the sun from setting to aid the Jews in battle-just to name a few. Read more