
The Complaining Fast
The first sunny Saturday after two weeks of rain, I donned blue gardening gloves, grabbed weeding fork and pronged hoe, and headed to the backyard. I found the variegated nasturtiums I’d sown around the now gone summer annuals had sprouted…

‘The Story’ Guide Now More Accessible in Chapters
7/31/23 The Guide is no longer available splir into chapters, but you can download the full guide here.
Recently, several churches told me they needed The Story: Personal Journal & Discussion Guide split into individual chapters they…

Learning from Betrayal
A young woman recently asked about betrayal:
After praying and fasting, I clearly felt God’s blessing on a dating relationship. But when we were about to get engaged a year later, he confessed the marriage would be a cover for his active…

Did Joshua Cause Leap Years?
Here's a question I hear often: Did Joshua cause leap years by praying for the sun to stop?
Christians naturally want to pass along any information that might influence agnostic friends to trust the Bible. That’s great when the details…

Telescoped Genealogies: Was Rahab the Mother of Boaz?
In a discussion about the Bible's book of Ruth, this question came up: Was Rahab the mother of Boaz? Rahab, you may remember, was the Canaanite prostitute who hid the Israelite spies.
In the book of Ruth, the young Moabitess Ruth cares for her…

We Will Bear Fruit
Jesus taught us he is a vine and we are his branches.[ref]John 15:1-8.[/ref] As long as we remain in him, we will bear fruit, for we have a heavenly Father as vinedresser, pruning and caring for us. It may take time for a branch to bear fruit,…

Courage: Jacob’s Example Part 5
Part five of a five-part message accompanying chapter 2 of The Story
What happens when we know what’s right to do, but doing it is a struggle? I resonate with Jacob’s seven courageous steps as he returned home despite his brother’s vow…

Courage: Jacob’s Example Part 4
Part four of a five-part message accompanying chapter 2 of The Story
How do we courageously obey God when obedience is risky? I find help in Jacob’s seven courageous steps as he returned home despite his brother’s vow to kill him. In earlier…
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