The Most Dangerous Version of You

There’s something dangerous about being seen. Not hated.Not attacked.Celebrated. Because criticism will often drive you to God.But applause can slowly convince you that you got there without Him. The enemy doesn’t always roar like a lion.Sometimes he sounds like clapping hands.Sometimes temptation arrives dressed like affirmation.Sometimes the greatest threat to your soulisn’t suffering—it’s significance. And […]

What Are You Waiting For?

(From Luke 16:1-13) We’re competitive about the dumbest things. Someone cuts you off in the Chick-fil-A drive-thru…so you reroute, hit mobile order, and beat them anyway. Win. But let’s be honest—we’ll fight to win moments that don’t matter…and hesitate in the ones that do. Life is full of moments like that.Unexpected. Ordinary. Easy to overlook. […]

The One Thing: According to the Peanuts

In Gospel of Mark chapter 10, a man comes to Jesus with a question: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” It’s a great question. He’s serious.Sincere.He’s done a lot of things right. So Jesus looks at him and says: “One thing you lack…” Not ten.Not a list. Just one. Because it wasn’t his behavior holding […]

Red Sea Moments

I know what it feels liketo stand in a Red Sea moment. You know the place. Where you don’t know what to do.You don’t know how you’re going to get through.You don’t know what the next step even is. And the air feels heavy. Thick.Quiet.Like something is closing in. In Exodus 14, this is exactly where they […]

Too Fast. Too Slow.

Nicole reads everything. The prompts.The updates.The little boxes that show up on her phone asking for permission. She pauses.Scrolls.Thinks. I don’t. I click.Accept.Move on. Whatever gets me there faster. Which is funny…because sometimes the way we handle our phonesis the way we handle our lives. We rush. We skim. We say yes before we understand […]

It’s a Trap!

A look at Daniel 6:7–8 There’s a moment in Book of Daniel 6:7–8 that feels almost harmless at first. It sounds like admiration. Respect. Honor. “All the officials have agreed…that anyone who prays to any god or man except you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions.” If you just skim it, it almost feels […]