How to Know a Person

As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply…

One at a Time

How does God want to use you to have an impact? Most of us don’t want to spend our lives being time-wasters, space-takers, binge-watchers, or game-players. We want to be…

December 25

Day by day this Advent, we’ve made room to slow down, listen, and lift our eyes to the Light that began shining long before Bethlehem. We reflected on the gift…

December 24

As we approach Christmas Eve, our hearts are drawn to the light that came into the world through Jesus. The shepherds saw it in the glory of angels; the Magi…

December 23

In the first two days of this devotional series, we reflected on the fact that Jesus came to be the Light of the World and that, as His followers, we…

December 22

If yesterday’s passage reminded us that we are the light of the world, today’s text from Ephesians invites us to live that out. Paul writes, “For you were once darkness,…

December 21

When I was a kid my job was to take out the trash. If I forgot during the daylight hours I would have to complete my job in the dark.…

December 20

The story of Saul’s conversion on the road to Damascus is one of the most dramatic encounters with divine light in the Bible. Saul, later Paul, is literally blinded by…

December 19

“Walk while you have the light,” Jesus says. There’s a sense of immediacy here that’s often missed in the busyness of leading up to Christmas. We can easily become distracted…

December 18

There’s a simple yet profound truth in Jesus’ words here: “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by…