John Stott once said that the occupational hazard of Christian ministry is discouragement. He was right. But that word is far too neat a container for what pastors actually carry. It doesn't account for the sleepless 2 a.m. hours wondering if you misread your calling. It doesn't capture the gut-punch of a church split, or an Elders meeting that ends in frustration and gives way to betrayal. It says nothing about a man watching his wife weep quietly at home when everything cha

What decision are you about to make today? You will make one—many, in fact. Some will be insignificant, others life-altering. It's the...

“Our longest sorrows have a close, and there is a bottom to the profoundest depths of our misery. Our winters shall not frown forever;...

One of the most difficult things to remember and believe during the dark night of the soul is that "God loves you". And yet, my unbelief...

This Word reminds us that there is only one Eternal City. As the barbarians scaled the walls of his beloved city, Augustine wept and...

3 CRUCIAL REMINDERS IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY   TRUST GOD For the Stuff You Can't See, Can't Stop, and Can't Stomach   Trust God. It's a common and perhaps overused phrase, and yet, the sentiment that it carries is perhaps one of the most valuable that one could ever discover. This is especially the case when the unbridled chaos of life causes paralysis in nearly every part of our being. I'm talking about those times when the challenge in front of you seems to creep in like a

PSALM 102 -A PRAYER OF ONE AFFLICTED, WHEN HE IS FAINT AND POURS OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE THE LORD. “Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry...

A Devotional Reflection from James 1:1-8 The following work, imperfect and incohesive as it may be, is written in dedication to those...