Easter Is Never Really Over

Easter is never really over. You may be putting away the yard sign or switching out kitchen towels for summer, but Easter never really ends. Think about this verse, and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” Mark 16:3 This...

Feeling Discouraged? Keep Drawing.

“I felt my energy revive, and said to myself, In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing. From that moment everything has seemed transformed for me.” Vincent...

Youth Group Lesson: Letting God Break Your Heart

This lesson is a part of my Media2 Message Bundle where I take what is going on in the world and bring a biblical context to to it. Focus: Helping students respond, compassionately, to the needs of others.  Opening: Lonely Authors Video Clips:  Author One or Author...

Lent: Nothing Left To Give Up, Except This

Lent Day 1: Letters To The Exiled, Spiritual Nomads and the Lost On this first day of Lent, I have chosen to not give up anything physical, rather, for the next 40 days I will give up my pride.  There are many who follow me on social media who do not know the...

Devotion Book Ideas For The New Year

Singer Carolyn Arends has a great song called New Year’s Day, where she commits to this idea, This will be my resolutionEvery day is New Year’s DayThis will be my resolutionEvery day is New Year’s Day Many people think there is something magical...