The Road Less Traveled
Read Matthew 7:13-14 Chances are you’ve heard Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”—perhaps most famously, the last three lines: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took...
An Important Choice
Read Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Today’s passage from Deuteronomy is part of Moses’ address to the people of Israel before his death and their entry into the Promised Land. After 40 years...
The Planted Life
Read Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose...
Practice: Sabbath
Each Saturday during Lent, we will take some time as a church family to practice a different spiritual discipline or spiritual practice together. Today, we are practicing Sabbath with Senior...
Kingdom Calculator
Read Philippians 3:8-11 Have you ever thrown away something valuable? When I first decided to move to the Middle East in 2018, I found myself in a predicament: could I...
Go Forward in Faith
Read Hebrews 12:1-3 Who keeps an eye on you? Who is watching your activities? Do you remember parents, sitters, siblings or friends checking on you? Usually, when you’re under inspection...
Preparing Our Hearts
Read Joel 2:12-13 I grew up in a home where Catholics were mistrusted. I can’t remember all the derogatory talk, but there was a feeling that Catholicism equaled “popery” and...
Introduction to “The Tree and the Vine” Devotional
Where are your favorite places to be outside in God’s creation here in the Milwaukee area? As many of you probably know, I love hiking, and being out for a...