Read: Psalm 27 Read: Colossians 3 What is the worst experience you have ever been through? Maybe you’re going through it right now. Troubles come and troubles go, but it is one of the hardest things to see the end when you are stuck in the middle. If Psalm 23 was written to encourage us […]
The LORD is My Shepherd | Psalm 23
Read: Psalm 23 Read: John 10:1-18 A few years ago I realized that I was rushing at a pace that was unsustainable. I was working long hours, gaining weight, losing sleep, and worrying about my health. So I decided to take a year to get myself back into shape. I started dieting, hired a personal […]
God Feels, So Should You by Courtney Reissig
I’ve always had a rocky relationship with my feelings. I’ve spent a lot of my adult life wrestling with these emotions that seem so potent and real, with a perception that to feel too deeply signified a lack of faith. Am I faithless when I ask God “how long”? Can I still say I trust […]
My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? | Psalm 22
Read: Psalm 22 Read: Matthew 27:1-10, 27-54 Have you ever been angry with God? Have you ever complained to Him? Perhaps the emotions of your circumstances seemed too hard for you to handle, either in its intensity or the duration. I have to admit, I’ve been over this whole pandemic for a while now. Although […]
This is a Gospel Issue! by Adam Miller
“This is a Gospel issue!” It’s a statement I’ve heard over and over again in the past few months. It’s not a new claim, but it does seem to be rising in our conversations as Christians try to position themselves to answer the fallout of the various crises plaguing our communities. Whenever there is trouble, […]
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God | Psalm 19
Read: Psalm 19 Read: Matthew 6:16-34 One of my favorite things to do is go camping. There are several aspects that are particularly enjoyable for me. First, I love to be in nature and just appreciate all of the wonder of God’s creation. Secondly, it’s important to just stop and look around every once in […]
When the Nations Rage | Psalm 2
Read: Psalm 2 Read: Revelation 5 I think it is safe to say that, as a result of a confluence of crises, tensions are high. Really high. There seems to be a collective concern with what is happening globally. It’s no wonder that there are riots on the streets. The surface tension has broken. You […]
How Long, Oh Lord?: The Expectation Of Hope By Micah Lovell
For thousands of years, the book of Psalms has been one of the go-to locations for Christians in times of crisis. The ancients lived extremely difficult lives, enduring hardships that we take for granted in the modern day. But those of us living in the 21st century still endure hardships, though of a much different […]
The Righteous Prosper by Adam Miller
Read: Psalm 1 Read: Matthew 5:1-16 Someone once said that if a picture paints a thousand words, then a poem paints a thousand pictures. When we add music to poetry and imagery, it makes it stick inside our soul. Have you ever been driving down the road, listening to the radio, and you hear a […]
Getting Back to a Heart of Worship by Adam Miller
The world has changed. How could it not? So many things have happened in such a short period of time. No one could have predicted the strange events if they had all happened in isolation from each other, but they all came at us at once and with such a force that knocked us off […]
The Psalms Move Us
Any piece of literature that has been cultivated, preserved, read and re-read, chanted, sung, said aloud and in quiet, taught, studied, memorized and proclaimed for millennia is worthy of the status of classic. But that word seems too mild for the book of Psalms. The Psalms are expansive, reflecting the nearly 1000 year period […]
Fellowship with God: Believing in the Son
Read: I John 5:1-21 Read: Galatians 5:13-6:6 There are so many problems facing our world today. That might just be the greatest understatement of 2020. I’d wager that nobody imagined how bad things were going to get, and we haven’t even made it to the election in November yet. All I can say is, brace […]