Here is a confession – I get pretty frustrated about prayer sometimes and angry and frustrated with the ONE I am praying to. I know I’m not supposed to. After all, I’m a pastor and a longtime Christian.  I think the expectation is that I’m supposed to have unwaveringly serene

Have you ever been angry, depressed, or anxious where the same negative or hurtful message keeps playing over and over in your head?  Of course you have.  We all experience the haunting of the negative message stuck on repeat in our minds. It can be that hurtful thing that someone

Does it ever feel like the world is falling apart? I know a lot of people have just given up on listening to the news because it always sounds this way. I’m not there yet (though I do need to take breaks sometimes). I still try to stay informed and

There is a quote that I love which has been attributed to a number of different people that goes like this:  “Everything will be alright in the end.  If it’s not alright, then it’s not the end yet.” I think this quote does an amazing job of capturing the hope

Jesus once said, “I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or