Weekly Devo

Sometimes only for a season is something of significant import in your life.  Like Barbie dolls maybe.  Or butterfly nets.  Or Sluggo.    My older sister and I were crazy about our Barbie dolls for a couple of years.  Then we moved on to . . . I’m not sure what.  But I hadn’t thought much at all about Barbie dolls […]

In my growing up years, which shape so much of our later perceptions, the word “fool” was a simple yet gently chiding description of the boy on the school bus who dropped his lunch box in the mud puddle and then carried it dripping dirty wet dribbles all the way to the last seat on […]

The truth is knowing Jesus can change absolutely everything for you.  No, your immediate circumstances may not be what you want them to be.  But He can give you the strength and wisdom to navigate them, give you spiritual insight, and change your life for the better through them.  He will also mold your character and heal your […]

We are on the upside now!  December 21 marked the shortest day of the winter.  The darkest day.  On November 2, when we made the monumental (at least for some of us) shift from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, there were audible moans from many … It’s so dark! It’s dark at 430! I agree with my friends […]

This message will, I expect, arrive in your inbox on Christmas Eve or the day before.  How are you doing in these not-yet-Christmas days?  It can be an overfull season, can’t it?  But not always. Sometimes it can feel not really very full at all.   We can say (and truly believe) we want a more simple season. But […]

I received a gift bag today.  Everything inside was made for me, in someone’s kitchen, not at a store, not at a warehouse bakery, not even at Sluys here in Poulsbo.  Made by hand with carefully selected fresh ingredients and a plan for each piece to work with one another for maximum delight.  Delight for the eye, for […]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1.1 In the beginning … The first church I attended back in 1992 is in Omaha, Nebraska.  The more intimate chapel where the earliest smaller service was held had a beautiful wooden podium. The front of the podium was made of […]

I love how Scripture gives us a reason and purpose, don’t you?  As we’ve been studying Acts we’ve read of how the Lord Jesus prepares His chosen for each next purposeful step.  All steps lead to sharing the gospel message of salvation and hope.  This passage from the Book of Hebrews gives us a great picture of reason […]