This week I was bringing my bible to a meetup with my friend. As I was looking at my bible, I started to feel slightly embarrassed. It’s a pink young woman’s bible, but it wasn’t the color of the bible that ignited the embarrassment, it was the age group listed on it. Let’s just say,… Read more

I love to read and so far this year I’ve read 42 books! The title of my last read was The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez. Besides loving just about each one of her books because of her writing style, this book in particular stood out because as the characters were moving through… Read more

People want comfort.  Comfortable clothes. Comfortable conversations.  Comfortable social environments. Even when it comes to preaching or talking about scriptures, most people want that to be comfortable too.  A well known comfort scripture is John 3:16. It’s beautiful, true, a foundation verse of faith and makes for an amazing sermon. If you continue to read down… Read more

Take a look at the following verses from Nehemiah:  all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded for Israel. (Nehemiah 8:1) He read it aloud from… Read more

At my company we have the concept of Kudos, which is an opportunity to show gratitude or give a shout out to your peers for exceptional work, being helpful, etc.  Kudos can fall into 5 different categories and the categories I consistently receive recognition for are “Do what you say” and “We before me”.  I’ve… Read more

Most are familiar with the concept of “Instagram vs. Reality”. It’s where people present a filtered version of their lives while intentionally choosing to conceal the more messy and imperfect truth of real life.  In the book of Jeremiah, we see the Israelites doing the same thing, putting on a spiritual show, while their hearts… Read more