“And blessed is she who believed that there would bea fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.” – Luke 1:45 (NRSV)
After she greets Elizabeth, the very first thing out of Mary’s mouth is a powerful song that emerges from the depths of her...
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things...
Jesus wept. – John 11:35 (NIV)
As children raised in the church, my siblings and I memorized various Bible verses. As someone who is chronically challenged with fact retention, I loved this unforgettable and bite-sized verse, which is the shortest in the Bible. Little...
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. – John 6:35 (CEB)
The backyard pond I inherited is the best thought detangler and distractor. The dozen or so goldfish playfully weave...
As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” – Acts 8:36 (NRSV)
On the streets of Ferguson in 2014, I learned Assata Shakur’s words that became my personal and...
“I won’t die—no, I will live and declare what God has done.” – Psalm 118:17 (CEB)
Oh, how the Easter season of 2021 has made Psalm 118:17 unavoidably potent! We’ve officially endured over a year in a world halted by one deadly global pandemic...
All of God lives fully in Christ (even when Christ was on earth). And in him you have a full and true life. – Colossians 2:9-10a (ICB)
The word integrity has roots in the word integrate, which generally means to bring parts together into a whole. When we think of the word...