Joy based on circumstances, status, or position can easily fluctuate and change. Joy that is rooted in the unchanging love of God is a joy that withstands.

The secret is this: trust him and be patient in the waiting.

It’s easy to focus on the pothole. But what if God is growing something right in the middle of the mess?

Mary, in this quiet and beautiful moment, didn’t understand the “how.” Not by any stretch of the imagination. Yet, she did understand the who that was behind it.

If the people in our nativity sets are wearing shoes, the truth is, none of them should have been—because holy ground was breaking out all around them.

Shame may have stepped into the story of humanity, but the arrival of Jesus into the world was the fulfillment of God’s promise and the coming victory over the Enemy.

Is there a song in your heart that needs to be sung today?

What stories of wonder are we proclaiming, and what are people saying about the work of God in and among us?

How many times does our doubt literally get in the way of the wonder that God has placed in our paths?

What if a waiting season is not a wasted season?