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The internal pain felt like the pounding of raging waves in her chest, wounding her within. If only she could let it out. The tears that she had despised so much in the past seemed like a wonderful gift now. Only, she had lost it somewhere along her journey in life.
Read MoreThe counterpart to deconstruction is reconstruction. God is un-building in order to re-build. He is re-rooting us in slightly different soil, so we will grow in a slightly different direction, to eventually form a significantly different shape than what would have been. It’s a renewal, and it’s good. Read that again: It. Is. Good.
Read MoreHaving children must not and cannot define my identity. My identity is drawn from my relationship as a child of God, not as a mother. This biblical view helps me to navigate many moments where I evaluated myself based on how well I have done as a mother and liberated me to come before God as how He sees me – His child.
Read MoreOn the surface, it may look like we are aligned with the heart of God as we pray. Yet, what if we look at our intercession and our hearts through the lens of the cross? The cross - and indeed, history - teaches us that God cares so much more about having our hearts than He does about fulfilling our desires for comfort, or ensuring that justice is done according to what we think it should look like, or being politically correct.
Read MoreMaundy Thursday has always been a personal favorite. I wonder what it’d be like to be at the scene as one of Jesus’ disciples. As you take a moment to read this poem slowly, may you find yourself transported to that room, that night, savouring every detail, pondering every word said. As you read imaginatively what Jesus may be feeling, thinking, doing, and what it’d be like watching Jesus as one of His beloved disciples, may you encounter our dear Lord afresh.
Read MoreThe Lord’s invitation to us is to trust and be expectant of greater things as we walk further into 2021. Would we dare ask Him for the things He is inviting us to trust Him for? Would we even ask Him for the desires of our hearts, even those that seem too insignificant to approach Him with? Perhaps there isn’t a will in us to do so, but maybe this is a season where God is reminding us of who He is in our lives, that whatever 2020 represented for us, He was there in the middle of it.
Read MoreIf your worldview was solely written by the top news headlines or bleak, social messaging scare-posts, I could imagine that your COVID-colored glasses are painting reality as a pretty dark, lonesome and frightful sight. Let me help you and those around you to find your own safe space. Rather than finding this space in a particular location, we could call this space a Person, instead.
Read MoreThe Holy Weekend is celebrated by Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Protestants alike. Each year, followers of Jesus commemorate his death on Good Friday, and celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Churches are usually crowded with people and entire city blocks are cordoned off for the celebration in many Catholic-majority nations.
Read MoreMore than two thousand years ago, Jesus was crucified and His body was placed in the tomb from Good Friday till Easter Sunday. The day between these two days is now known as the Holy Saturday. However, I would like to call it the Silent Saturday.
Read MoreGood Friday 2020. I think it’s safe to say that we have never encountered a Holy Week quite like this before. For the first time in their history, many churches will not open their doors to commemorate the cross or celebrate the resurrection two days hence.
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