Things Above

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

AI. Deep fakes. Generated images. Tools that can cause deception.  AI has surged and is getting a lot of attention. From deep learning, to AI playgrounds and accessible cloud platforms, anyone who is willing to get their hands on it can create the next best thing.  The question is – what’s real and what’s fake?…

Satan perverts and twists everything God created. He wants to be God so bad that he takes great pride and time to slip into the smallest cracks and permeate from there. Most recently in my self reflection I noticed a “crack” in my life that I need to seal up. I’m bringing this to light…

Dr. Anita Phillips teaches that our hearts are like soil, and the seeds we allow to take root, whether faith-filled or fear-based, shape our lives. She challenges the common belief that fear is the opposite of faith, arguing instead that sight is the opposite of faith. What we focus on is what most often limits…

With many government programs being cut and defunded, less jobs available, businesses closing, tariffs and consumer prices skyrocketing, attacks on civil rights and human rights, strains on healthcare and everything else in between, I want you to remember what Habakkuk said: Though the fig tree does not bud    and there are no grapes on…