Let’s step back into yesterday’s story, in the waiting, Joseph, Mary and Jesus arrive at the temple...  Read More

How many of “love” waiting? How many of you look at waiting and you are like, “waiting is so much fun”? It doesn’t matter what it is, big or small, long or short....  Read More

Friday, December 19thRead Zechariah 4:6-10- 6 So he (angel) said to me (Zechariah), “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. 7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’” 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me...  Read More

Read Zechariah 4:6-10- 6 So he (angel) said to me (Zechariah), “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. 7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground...  Read More

Let’s look at another thread of small, unnoticeable things within Jesus’ genealogy...  Read More

Have you noticed within the Bible that God does big things in small ways? - Spit and dirt, to create mud which opened the eyes of the blind. Small things in a big way...  Read More

How many of you like small things? Little things? Barely noticeable things? ….. I get it, in some ways we do like or can appreciate small things....  Read More

Matthew was invited by Jesus with these words, “come follow me” not only was it an invitation of acceptance, but it was also an invitation to go and do the improbable. To go and do the things of Jesus. Jesus looked to all the disciples and essentially said, “I believe you can do what I do. Now go and do it.”...   Read More

Today I want to magnify our discussion from Matthew’s perspective. Because I think Matthew included these gritty, raw, powerful yet glorious stories because it aligned with HIS story...  Read More

Read Matthew 1:4-6a- 4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed...  Read More

Back to the coming of Christmas through the eyes of Matthew....  Read More

Oh the coming of Christmas and all that it entails. From joyous traditions to gift giving, spending time with family to tending to the grief journey or being distracted by hurry, noise, and missed expectations...  Read More