Posts from July 2026
Finding Beauty in the Little Things
There’s one piece of advice that I’ve heard all of my life, but never really stopped to think about: “Stop and Smell the Roses.” In our busy, distraction-filled world, we rarely pause to enjoy the little things in life: the scent of a rose, the sunlight caught in a dew-filled spider’s web, the flash of color from songbirds that fly around the yard. These images are part of God’s creation and declare his glory (Psalm 19:1). Solomon reminds us that…
Fallen
In John 8, we find a woman caught in the act of adultery, dragged before Jesus as a test. As she was marched through the streets in shame toward him, I’ve often wondered what she was thinking as she stood there, condemned to die. The choices she’d made earlier that day must have been replaying in her mind, along with one haunting question: How did I end up here? Many of us know that question well. Often it takes just…