Jesus and His disciples began their journey on a mountain in Galilee. After His death and resurrection, Jesus brings His disciples back to the mountain where it all started. Jesus brings them back to their simple beginning. At the beginning they are...

Today is day 27 of the 40-day Red Letter Challenge. So far we have journeyed through Being, Forgiving, and Serving. Now we begin one of the most challenging weeks – Giving. There are more Red Letters about giving than almost any other subject. So...

We are motivated by expectations. We give and serve but we expect something in return. We may start without expectations but at some point, we ask, “What’s in it for me?” As we follow Jesus and put his words into action, He calls us to serve...

As followers of Jesus we are always asking, “What is my purpose?” We ask the question, but do we really want the answer? What if the answer is to forgive that person who has wounded you deeply? What if the answer is to put down your...

Let’s face it, life is busy. Too busy! You’re five days into the Red Letter Challenge. If you’re like most people, you’ve already missed a day or two, or three, or five. In our desire to follow Jesus we often jump into action and forget that...

More than half of the words in the Gospels come from the mouth of Jesus. These are the Red Letters of Scripture. We memorize them, we quote them, we write books about them, we post them on social media. Jesus called us to do none of these things. He...

Along our journey of going not knowing, we often wonder why the path included adversity. God, why didn’t you guide me away from suffering? Why didn’t you prevent this or that from happening? Remember, God does not lead us around the valley of the...

Have you ever done something radical that seemed strange, even downright dumb to everyone else? During our journey of faith with Jesus, there are those times when God calls us to leave the sure thing and walk away from everything familiar. Buy low...

There are two kinds of people in the world. Over-packers and under-packers. One says, “I will take more than I need just in case.” The other says, “As long as there’s a Walmart nearby, I’m good.” To both the over and under packer, God...

There he was, about 75 years old, loading up a camel caravan with his 65-year-old wife and aging father, bound for somewhere. Abraham was pulling up his lifelong roots from his hometown, Ur, and leaving for – let’s see, where was he going?...