By: Lynette Bloedow   “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 (ESV) “See the  morning sunbeam lighting up the wood, Silently professing,’God is ever good, God is ever good.” I come from Continue reading

By: Casey Korstanje   Ah, New Year.    The mind turns immediately to resolutions. Things you vow finally to do this year. Things you promise yourself you’ll stop doing. Secret sins to repent, diets to follow, exercise to take, sloth to chase away. Excellent! There’s nothing wrong with introspection or changing the things you want to Continue reading

By: Alissa Cooper   This road. This festive bedazzled road looks all too familiar. It blares at you as you approach it, a curiosity. Not this time. I won’t do it this time, you say trying to convince yourself and yet it only takes a brief moment to pull you in.    Perhaps it is Continue reading

By: Jason Coutts   “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?  For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Matt 2:2 (ESV)    Men are naturally drawn to the light. It fixes their vision, preserves them from harm, and directs their paths. Light can arise Continue reading

By: Lars Janssen   I went for a walk today, and it was chilly. I had to flex my hands against the cold as I stepped out onto the shady porch. But as I began walking down the sunny sidewalk, I found the contrast remarkable. One moment, the cold was seizing up my joints, and Continue reading

By: Rebecca Feere   “If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32). Do you ever feel like your life is one long performance? You work hard to measure up, to be enough, to please others—and yet at Continue reading