About God

Thoughts on hope for the first Sunday of Advent - the strong hope of a Messiah across years but also the fragile hopes of real people who chose obedience.

I have heard from God exactly one time.

Several years ago, during a message at the International Conference on Missions, Florence Muindi shared the story of seeking God’s will in a ministry decision. After praying about whether [...]

Noah was 600 years old when he began building the ark. After weeks of backbreaking work, he endured 370 days stuck in that airtight boat with an ornery family, hundreds [...]

Attending Sunday School as children, we all knew the shortest verse in the Bible— “Jesus wept”—and depended on it to score a few easy points in Bible memory competitions. [...]

 I know many things are true. I know God is close to the brokenhearted. I know I will be blessed in many ways when I’m generous with those in [...]