Life lessons from the salad bar
You know when you go to a salad bar, it’s stocked with all the options: from veggies, to fancy little salads, to an array of cheeses and...
Look Up
It’s easy to hang your head when you’re tired. When we hang our heads, our eyes follow, and our gaze is downcast. It’s easy to stack up...
Deep calls to deep
So many people in this world are searching. Searching for something to finally satisfy. This search comes from this deep hole we’re all...
Back Alley Travelers
We’re all travelers in this world... Those who live for the flesh carry a backpack. Those who live for the spirit carry their cross....
Called Out
A couple months ago I had a medical procedure done, and it threw me for an unexpected loop. I was way more affected from the experience...
Waves
Let down your guard to natural rhythms. If you are up against all the waves of uncertainty, don’t resist. Don’t try to unpack and...
4-Year-Old You
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” What was your response to this question when you were little? Let’s just say 4 years old. I...
How Scuba Diving Prepared Me for Life's Lows
While in training to be a certified scuba diver, I found myself on my knees at the bottom of a twenty-two-foot deep Illinois lake on a...
Different
It’s ok if this season looks different than you thought it would. It’s ok if things look, feel, sound, smell, taste different than you...
Our Healer
A couple months ago I went to the doctor because something wasn’t quite right, and hadn’t been for a couple years. The doctor wanted all...
Here
Maybe you are needed here more urgently than elsewhere. Maybe you’re needed here more than where you wish you were. Maybe you thought...
Refinement
Ya know how when you make spaghetti (or really anything on the stove top) and you burn the noodles, and you have to empty out the pot to...
There is More to You
Lately, I find myself waiting for things to stop or at least slow down. I keep looking for a break in pace. And so far, I don’t see any...
2020: Even Here
My words of 2020: Even Here Here’s to all the growth, grace, and new rhythms we’ve found in the unexpected unraveling of our norms and...
Ball & Chain
This past weekend I made cookies. And let me tell ya, I ate ton of them. It’s like I broke off a piece of a cookie every time I passed...
Fully Present
I have a deep fear of being underwater. I am currently in the process of becoming a certified scuba diver. Scary moments or moments of...
The War is Won
“Your love surrounds me when my thoughts wage war” Prince of Peace by Hillsong Our flesh will always tend to adopt the world’s desires....
Blessings and Burdens
There are always two ways to look at things: as a blessing or a burden. Every blessing can be seen as a burden, or every burden can be...
Knowing God
Let’s say you have a best friend that lives on the other side of the country. You tell me all about this person frequently. Although I...
A Moment’s Eternal Cost
“The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents....
His Child
Imagine a Father seeing His child struggle, wander aimlessly, get in all the wrong things...our Heavenly Father sees all our faults and...
Expectation Determines Experience
When you receive Jesus and welcome the Holy Spirit in your heart, God dwells in you. It’s as if every part of your life is a room in your...
Reason To Sing
Over the last few months I’ve found myself in a major bird phase. I just love hearing birds. At first, I thought I was just missing my...
The Story Of Our Hearts
Before we were His...the Lord said, “Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said...
Discerning Distraction
Mark gives a glimpse into the life Jesus had...things and people constantly pulling Him in every direction. The quality He mastered...
Where glory is due
“Then Saul gave David his own armor--a bronze helmet and a coat of mail. David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or...
Royal inheritance
You are a child of the King. You have a royal inheritance and belong in the Kingdom where you lack no good thing. You have the freedom to...
Superstition vs supernatural
Superstition is believing we have to do certain things a certain way in order to attain the power of Jesus. It’s self-reliant. ...
The wagon
Trying to live as part of the world and as a child of the King, a follower of Jesus, is like trying to pull an overflowing, over-sized,...
The best way
There are many points in our lives when we’ve made our plans and we’re following along the path we had laid out for ourselves in order to...
Divine appointments
There is no such thing as a coincidence. Only divine appointments. Every person, every moment, every place, every experience, every thing...
Soaring in the storm
When a storm comes our way, our initial reaction is to take cover, to find a place of protection. The stronger the storm the more...
Re-apply your cross
This devotion was written in October of 2014: Today was my last golf tournament of my golf career, outside of the state series. For my...
Paved the way
My favorite mornings are ones spent talking on the radio with my dad (you can listen to him weekday mornings on ESPN 93.5 from 7-9am). It...
Reason to sing
Over the last few months I’ve found myself in a major bird phase. I just love hearing birds. At first, I thought I was just missing my...
Guaranteed success
This past summer I had the opportunity to work at a Summer camp in Canada with Young Life. One of the nights was carnival night. On...
One degree
The power of one degree. If a pilot was taking a flight from Chicago to Dallas, and was one degree off their course, a slight course...
Who told you?
We were never created to know what shame feels like. If we don’t believe what God says we will believe the lies of the enemy, we believe...
Bird Poop Patrol
This past summer I had the opportunity to serve at a Young Life camp in Canada. One of the jobs I, and everyone that worked on a dock and...
Third Basemen Coach
Jesus is like a third basemen coach. He’s in the game with you. He’s signing to you when to go and when to stay and waves you Home at...
Tune in
The other day I was in the car listening to the radio and I was listening to Christian FM 95.3. It was one of my favorite songs. And as I...
The account
It is written: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.' So then, each...
Dangerous appetite
When you’re hungry, you’ll eat anything... When we’re starving we will grab what is right in front of us, what is most convenient and...
Suit up
The enemy knows when you are most vulnerable. He plans his schemes far in advance and knows your weak spots...he knows the things that...
Full hands, empty heart
You can have the whole world in your grip and still have an empty heart. Our Heavenly Father created us with a little piece in our hearts...
The Giver
God gives us honey to know His sweetness God gives us bread to know His satisfaction God gives us family to know what it feels like to...
Season vs. Story
Don’t let one season determine your whole story. The season you’re in does not reflect the rest of your story. Don’t compare your season...
The Story of our Hearts
Before we were His...the Lord said, “Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said...
Discerning Distraction
Mark gives a glimpse into the life Jesus had...things and people constantly pulling Him in every direction. The quality He mastered...
His Child
Imagine a Father seeing His child struggle, wander aimlessly, get in all the wrong things...our Heavenly Father sees all our faults and...