2017

On a swing in a beautiful Carolina forest, sat a brokenhearted girl. It was the year 2000. I had just graduated from seminary in Orlando, and the guy I was dating broke up with me. We were classmates at seminary, good friends, and in love. He told me he wanted to marry me, and I […]

Do you feel like you are wandering in a desert wasteland or hungry for something you can’t even put your finger on? Are you suffering in the deepest gloom, a prisoner to your own affliction? Are you at your wits’ end? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then come, dive into […]

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between the first and second commandments? ‘Have no other gods before me’ and ‘Do not make for yourself an idol’ sound similar, don’t they? If I have no other gods before God, then I have not made an idol of anything, right? Isn’t the very act of […]

So much of a walk with Jesus is remembering all he has done. It’s easy to focus on the negative things in life, especially as a culture that is crazed with pessimism, but our God calls us to remember all his wondrous works. Multiple places in the Old Testament (narratives and psalms) reference the parting […]

The first commandment God gives us is – You shall have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:3) When God gave this commandment to Moses, the Israelites had escaped slavery in Egypt, through God’s power, and they were dwelling in Sinai as free people. In Exodus 20:2, the verse before the first commandment, God references […]

The other day I asked my Bible students – What keeps you from turning to God’s Word? Here are some of their responses: I don’t understand it. It convicts me, and I don’t like that. I’m busy doing other things. I don’t know where to go in his Word. I doubt God can fix my problems. […]

I teach Old Testament to 7th graders and love relying on the Lord to guide and direct me on how to creatively teach his precious, holy, powerful, true, and relevant Word to middle schoolers in an academic setting. I want his Word to come alive to my students. I want them to see how Christ […]