Your Past Isn’t the End

Your Past Isn’t the End

How much do you need to know about someone before you decide who they are? One conversation? A political opinion? Something they did years ago? We can do that to ourselves, too. One failure becomes the headline over our whole life. We carry the ache of what happened...
When We Fail, God Keeps His Promise

When We Fail, God Keeps His Promise

How many times have we said, “I just need a change of scenery”? A different job, city, relationship, or church. After all, wouldn’t it be fun to live tat the Domain in Austin for a little bit? And then six months later, there we are, bringing some of the same...
When the Waiting Isn’t Wasted

When the Waiting Isn’t Wasted

Have you ever started to wonder whether waiting means you did something wrong? You prayed. You tried to take the next faithful step. And now you are looking out the window, wondering what the Lord is going to do. Maybe it is a decision about your career? Maybe you...
The Rescue We Cannot Build

The Rescue We Cannot Build

We all have an escape plan in life. If this person would change, if this job would settle down, if we could get through this season, then maybe we could finally breathe. We tell ourselves relief is just one solved problem away. But the finish line keeps moving,...
Death Is Coming, But It’s Not the End

Death Is Coming, But It’s Not the End

Genesis 5 is not a chapter most of us would pick for encouragement. It is a long list of names followed by the same hard sentence: “and then he died.” But every name represents a whole life: work, family, joy, disappointment, and ordinary Tuesday mornings. And then...