When I was a child, though my family was Christian, we didn’t celebrate Christmas. I remember seeing families going to church on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, singing carols, gathering to celebrate, and doing all the merry things; but not us.  Read More

This verse puzzled me the first time I read it. How can thanksgiving be a sacrifice? I thought a sacrifice was supposed to be something difficult. What’s so hard about being thankful, and why is it so important?  Read More

It’s one thing for us to admire Jesus from a distance. Attending church, worshiping Him, and even reading the Bible are great, but we also need to imitate Him. We need to change our perspective just as He did.   Read More

My friend once encouraged me to memorize Bible verses — one beginning with each letter of the alphabet. I took up the challenge and carefully chose 26 passages of scripture.  Read More

What if stepping into what God has for us means that we’ll not only encounter troubles and hard circumstances but sometimes run towards them?   Read More

Today's God thought is an exert from the book Making All Things New, by Henri J. M. Nouwen.  As I read this in my devotional time this morning, I felt God calling me explore deeper what our spiritual lives look like.  Do we make every day, every hour and moment of our lives as opportunity for God's light to shine in and through us?  We say we believe that God has come to give us life and life to t...  Read More

"I am your Living God, far more abundantly alive than the most vivacious person you know."  Read More

When I became a Christian 25 years ago, I took seriously Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:19: “Go and make disciples of all nations.”   Read More

"When we live in the past, we may miss out on greater things. We can learn from our past mistakes, but we shouldn’t dwell on them."  Read More

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:36-40  Read More

Patience is one of those virtues that can be tested multiple times in a day. It catches us in our best mood. But how do we practice it and how does it lend itself to unity?  Read More

Gentleness goes a long way in any conversation, relationship, or situation. Proverbs says that it has the ability to turn away wrath; its power is great and truly incomprehensible.  Read More