Dear reader, there are moments when the weight of life presses so heavily on us that our hearts forget how to breathe freely. Despair whispers in those moments with such a loud intensity that it builds invisible cages around our minds. It holds our attention hostage, turning our focus again and again toward the wounds others have left in us. Yet even in the darkest chambers of sorrow, another voice calls . Hope. Gentle and persistent.  Hope reminds us that God is not finished with our story ....

I don’t know about you, but the last couple of weeks, the things that make my heart sink, the weights on the end of my fishing line of life, feel heavier. Maybe it’s the irony of it all: the merriment around every corner, the neighbor’s twinkling lights, the commercial filled with extended family laughing at who knows what while trying to sell me something I probably don’t need. I just wanted to pop in to this humble little corner of the internet and say something simple: The holidays have a...

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” The story of Jesus healing the ten lepers, recorded in Luke 17:11–19, is a timeless reminder of the power and importance of gratitude. Set “along the border between Samaria and Galilee,” the scene unfolds in a region filled with tension—a place avoided by many Jews, populated by Samaritans, lepers, and other marginalized groups. Yet this is exactly where Jesus chose to reveal His compassion. Ten men, outcast and destitute, lifted their voices,...