Devotional

  • What Does Absolute Surrender to Jesus Look Like?

    What Does Absolute Surrender to Jesus Look Like?

    Sometimes the smallest things can trigger the biggest spiritual revelations… well, for me, at least. This is how God talks to me. I call them GODSLAPS – where I’m just going along, minding my own business when BAM!…something knocks me upside the head with its weighty Biblical truth. The name makes it sound like…

  • Scars

    Scars

    This tree is in my backyard. I can see it from every window at the back of my house. It has the prettiest white flowers in the spring. Yet it kind of fades into the background during the other seasons, but it has always stuck out to me. I’m not sure why. I think…

  • Calmer Waters – A Poem

    Calmer Waters – A Poem

    It’s been a long time since I’ve done this, but I was inspired this morning after a conversation with a friend: Calmer Waters I watched as they got caught up in the current Their bright colors swirling and spinning in the fluxes and flows Their dance only disrupted amongst the rocks and white caps…

  • Seasons on the Banks: the Lesson in the Falls

    The other day, I had a rare holiday off from work alone. I decided to use this time to assuage some wanderlust in me and ventured out to the local state park, which features a large waterfall, to do some hiking and enjoy the autumn season. Since it was about midday on a weekday,…