Surviving Chaos

If you’ve spent any time in a gym you know that the first 2 weeks are the “make it or break it” phase. These are the days where your body adjusts to new strain, your mind wrestles with mental aerobics, and together they must learn to balance the scales of…

Being in ministry isn’t easy. Being in ministry often means leaving everything familiar behind to follow God’s leading to an unfamiliar place filled with unfamiliar people. Ministry means leaving family behind to continue on without your immediate presence. Ministry means rarely having a place to call home or people you…

Mark 4:18–19 It was a crazy last night. By the end of the evening, I was so ready for the soft warmth of my bed. My mind hurt, my emotions stressed, and everything else within me was drained. Thank God my taxes are finally done. Oklahoma will be getting their…

1 Samuel 16:11 So he [Samuel] asked Jesse, “Are there all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.” Can we be honest for a moment? You know, Honest; the expression of vulnerability and humility where we take a deep look beyond…

Matthew 25:34–40 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty…