Choosing Love Today

There was a time in my life when I used to send a card or a handwritten note to someone every week. Nothing fancy. Nothing long. Just a simple message to let them know I was thinking about them or praying for them. Even today I like sending birthday cards instead of emails or messages to those I'm closest to. It didn’t feel like much. Honestly, most weeks it felt small… almost insignificant. But e...

Have you ever noticed how God seems to love working through the small stuff? Not the big, flashy moments… but the quiet ones. The ones most people walk right past. There’s a story in the Gospel of John that’s always grabbed me. Jesus is teaching a huge crowd — thousands of people — and everyone’s hungry. The disciples are stressed, trying to figure out how to feed all these people because Jesus ha...

There was a time in my life when I used to send a card or a handwritten note to someone every week. Nothing fancy. Nothing long. Just a simple message to let them know I was thinking about them or praying for them. Even today I like sending birthday cards instead of emails or messages to those I'm closest to. It didn’t feel like much. Honestly, most weeks it felt small… almost insignificant. But e...

In this final week of our Enduring Faith series through Romans, we look at what a transformed life really looks like. Paul doesn’t just explain the gospel — he shows us how it reshapes our attitudes, our relationships, our choices, and the way we show love in the world around us. A transformed life isn’t about perfection. It’s about letting God renew our minds, soften our hearts, and guide our ste...

I've got a little test for you....and for some of you this may be a little challenging because of your age. I want you to think back when you were a teenage...say around 14 or so years old. Do you remember looking so forward to something and how much you hated it when your plans got completely interrupted? You’re moving in one direction, life feels predictable, you’ve got a picture in your mind of...

I want to ask you a very pointed, direct question. I would guess every one of us, if we were honest probably has a skeleton or two in our closet...am I right? You know that one thing we really don't want anyone, as long as we live, to ever know anything about. Have that thought in your head? Have you ever made a mistake so big you thought, “Well… that’s it. I blew it. God can’t use me now”? Maybe...

I've got a good question for you today....have you ever had someone make a promise to you and then not keep it? I think we all know the answer to that, of course you have and if we're being honest, we've probably made a few promises ourselves that we haven't kept....right? I know I have. Let's not beat ourselves up too badly here. Let's give ourselves some grace and say for the sake of argument th...

Have you ever carried something so heavy in your heart that you didn’t even know how to talk about it? Maybe it’s something you’ve thought about and prayed about for years. Maybe it’s something that hits you in quiet moments. Maybe it’s something you don’t share with many people because it feels too personal, too emotional, or too painful. If you’ve ever been there… you’re going to connect with Ha...

Can you remember a time in your life where, maybe a parent, or someone in authority asked you to do something that you didn't understand or just didn't make any sense at all? I think all of us could probably say yes to that.   Well...Noah had that moment. God tells him, “I want you to build a boat… because I’m sending rain.” And Noah had to be thinking, “Rain? What in the world is rain?” What in t...

Today's walk thru Romans will be one that everyone should have an interest in because everyone of us have uttered the words “It's not fair” at some or time in our life. Today, I want to talk about something Paul touches on often — something every one of us has felt: and that was faith in seasons that feel unfair. And to see it clearly, I want to walk with Joseph for a moment. This is the Joseph fr...

In this episode, we walk through one of the most emotional sections of Romans as Paul opens his heart for Israel and reminds us that God’s faithfulness stretches farther than we can see. These chapters show us that even when people stumble, even when life gets messy, and even when the story feels unfinished, God is still keeping His promises. This is a clear, steady, down‑to‑earth look at how God’...

We’re walking through Romans together, and each day we’re taking one small piece of truth and carrying it into real life. Today, I want to talk about something Paul highlights again and again — something every believer feels at some point: faith that feels small. And to see it clearly, I want to walk with Gideon for a moment. You can read about Gideon in the Old Testament in the Book Of Judges Cha...

We’re walking through Romans together, and each day we’re taking one small piece of truth and carrying it into real life. Today, I want to talk about something Paul emphasizes over and over — something every believer needs at some point: the grace to start over. And to see it clearly, I want to walk with Peter for a moment. Peter is one of those disciples we all feel connected to. He’s passionate....

We’ve been walking through Paul's letter to the Romans together, and each day we've been taking one small piece of truth and carrying it into real life. Today, I want to talk about something Paul touches on frequently — and that's something every one of us feels at some point: and that's loneliness in our faith. And to help us see it clearly, I want to walk with Elijah for a moment. Elijah is one...

Today’s episode is about a kind of faith we don’t talk about enough — the kind that costs something. The kind that asks you to leave something behind. The kind that requires courage, not comfort. And if you’ve ever had to make a hard decision, or walk away from something familiar, or step into a future you didn’t fully understand… then you know exactly what I’m talking about. When I think about co...

Today’s episode is one that hits close to home for anyone who’s ever felt like their faith is moving slower than they hoped. And let’s be honest — waiting is one of the hardest things God ever asks us to do. We like progress. We like movement. We like seeing results. But faith doesn’t always grow in the fast moments. Sometimes it grows in the slow ones. And when I think about slow faith — faith th...

Today's episode is one I have to remind myself of over and over gain. And to be completely honest with you, this was a very tough topic for me to wrap my head around before I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. First of all, I like structure. I'm really not a last minute, do things at the spur of the moment kind of person. If you need my help, please don't ask me at the last minute. Anyone who re...

In this second part of our Romans series, we take a closer look at what real faith actually looks like. Not the polished version we talk about on Sundays, and not the complicated version we sometimes make it out to be — but the kind of faith that shows up in real life. Paul gives us a picture of faith that trusts God’s promise, leans on His strength, and grows through everyday choices. This episod...

Let me ask you a question...does it aggravate you when you do something for someone and it gets to the point they always seem to just take it for granted or that it almost seems like it's expected of you to continue to keep doing it for them? That's a great question for us to explore today and I'd like talk to you a little about that.   One of the quiet challenges of faith is this: We forget. We f...

Today I want to talk to you a little bit about when we find out if we really have faith, or maybe better put, how much...or what kind of faith do we have? You know, one of the things I’ve learned over the years is that faith isn’t proven in the big moments. It’s not proven in the dramatic stories or the mountaintop experiences. It’s not even proven in the times when we feel closest to God. Faith i...

Today I want to talk to you a little bit about when we find out if we really have faith, or maybe better put, how much...or what kind of faith do we have? You know, one of the things I’ve learned over the years is that faith isn’t proven in the big moments. It’s not proven in the dramatic stories or the mountaintop experiences. It’s not even proven in the times when we feel closest to God. Faith i...

You know, life has a way of shifting on us when we least expect it. One minute everything feels steady, predictable, manageable… and then something changes. A job situation. A relationship. A health scare. A financial curve ball. Or sometimes it’s nothing dramatic — maybe it's just a slow drift where things don’t feel as solid or as right as they used to. And when life shifts, our first instinct i...

As Paul continues in Romans, he talks about wanting to visit the believers in Rome so he can strengthen their faith — and be strengthened by theirs. And before we go any further in this series, I want to pause right here and talk about that word: faith. Because faith is a big word. It’s a church word. It’s a Bible word. But it’s also a real-life word, and sometimes we use it without slowing down l...

Today we're starting a brand new series of mini-messages on Enduring Faith. We also started a 4 part series on the Book of Romans. So what we going to be doing is breaking down the book of Romans in 4 parts with a new full episode every Tuesday. This will give us the foundation of Romans – the truth of what the gospel is and why it matters. And then on the other 6 days of the week, I'm going to be...

Romans is one of the most important letters ever written — and Paul starts it by answering a huge question: Why do we even need the gospel? In this episode, we walk through Romans 1 and look at Paul’s opening message about the human condition, the reality of sin, and the reason Jesus came. It’s honest, it’s direct, and it sets the stage for everything that comes later in Romans. If you’ve ever won...