Far too many in the church today want to tell you that following God will make you richer, skinnier, more powerful. Good Friday grounds us in the truth that God does have a plan for your life; it’s just darker and dirtier than you’ve been told. Over the last six...
Like a child holding onto a bundle of cherry-red helium balloons, I celebrated whenever joy was in my grasp, but also recognized the speed with which it could slip away, deflate, or disappear altogether. I knew better than to outright refuse joy, yet all too often I...
Just a few weeks ago, I had the privilege of spending some time with my friend Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in Washington D.C., who shared about his latest book, The Grave Robber. Batterson’s imagery raced through my mind as I read John 11-12 in...
Do you ever feel like joy is just out of reach? Me, too. That’s why I spent more than a year diving into the more than 400 references to joy, happiness, merriment, delight, pleasure, dancing, rejoicing and more throughout the Scripture. I discovered joy is so much...
Throughout the Bible, humans inundate God with questions. Why? Why? Why? How long? How much longer? Where have you gone? Yet God also has tough questions of His own. Who told you that you were naked? Who do you say I am? Who touched me? Perhaps the toughest of all the...
