Today we’re diving into one of the most unique books in the entire Bible: Song of Solomon.

A book filled with poetry.

Romance.

Commitment.

Marriage.

And ultimately a picture of love as God designed it.

In today’s episode we explore:

📖 Song of Solomon 2:7

📖 Song of Solomon 8:6-7

📖 The difference between love and lust

📖 Why commitment matters

📖 What healthy marriages are built on

📖 Why love is more than a feeling

📖 How marriage points us toward Jesus

The world often talks about love as something you fall into.

Scripture talks about love as something you grow into.

Real love is built through patience.

Grace.

Faithfulness.

Forgiveness.

And choosing one another again and again and again.

Most importantly, every healthy expression of love ultimately points us toward the greatest love story ever told:

Jesus Christ giving His life for us.

Today we’re diving into one of the most honest and thought-provoking books in the entire Bible: Ecclesiastes.

Written by Solomon near the end of his life, Ecclesiastes wrestles with some of humanity’s biggest questions:

📖 What’s the point of life?

📖 What actually matters?

📖 Why doesn’t success satisfy us?

📖 Why do we keep chasing things that leave us empty?

📖 Where can true meaning be found?

In this episode we explore:

📖 Ecclesiastes 1:2-8

📖 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

📖 Ecclesiastes 12:8-14

📖 Why money, success, and approval never fully satisfy

📖 The beauty of God’s gifts in ordinary life

📖 Why every season has purpose

📖 How Ecclesiastes ultimately points us to Jesus

After a lifetime of wealth, power, accomplishment, pleasure, and wisdom, Solomon arrives at a surprisingly simple conclusion:

Fear God.

Walk with Him.

Trust Him.

Because the purpose of life isn’t building our kingdom.

It’s walking with the King.

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Today’s EP Proverbs!

Who are you becoming?

Because every habit,

Every decision,

Every voice we listen to,

Every step we take is taking us somewhere.

The good news?

Jesus is still leading people down the path of wisdom.

Today we’re diving into one of the most beloved books in the entire Bible: Psalms.

Written across hundreds of years by David, Moses, Asaph, Solomon, the Sons of Korah, and others, Psalms is a collection of songs, prayers, worship, celebration, repentance, grief, hope, and honest conversations with God.

In this episode we explore:

📖 What the Book of Psalms actually is

📖 Why David’s words still resonate thousands of years later

📖 Psalm 23 and trusting the Good Shepherd

📖 Psalm 51 and God’s incredible mercy

📖 Psalm 150 and ending with praise

📖 Why every season of life can become a conversation with God

Whether you’re celebrating, grieving, waiting, rejoicing, or simply trying to make it through another day, Psalms reminds us that God wants to hear from us.

The mountaintops.

The valleys.

The victories.

The failures.

The ordinary moments.

Bring it all to Jesus.

“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!”

Good morning friends

Today we’re diving into one of the deepest and most challenging books in the entire Bible.

Job.

A faithful man.

A loving father.

A man who honored God.

And a man whose life changed almost overnight.

In today’s episode we explore:

📖 Who Job was before suffering entered the story

📖 The devastating losses that changed everything

📖 Why Job’s response is so extraordinary

📖 The power of simply showing up for people who are hurting

📖 Why God is big enough for our questions

📖 How Job points us toward Jesus

📖 Trusting God when life doesn’t make sense

One of the biggest reminders from today’s episode:

“Faith is not the absence of questions. Faith is continuing to hold onto God in the middle of the questions.”

Please read Job for yourself.

Take your time with it.

It’s one of the most honest books in all of scripture.

Good morning friends

Today we step into one of the most remarkable books in the entire Bible.

Esther.

A story filled with courage, risk, faith, and God’s unseen hand at work.

What’s fascinating about Esther is that God’s name is never directly mentioned in the book.

Not once.

Yet His fingerprints are everywhere.

Through unexpected circumstances…

through difficult decisions…

through ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations…

God is still working.

In today’s episode we explore:

📖 Esther’s rise from orphan to queen

📖 Haman’s evil plan against God’s people

📖 Mordecai’s challenge to Esther

📖 “For such a time as this”

📖 Courage when obedience is costly

📖 How Esther points us toward Jesus

📖 Trusting God when He seems quiet

One of the biggest reminders from today’s episode:

“Just because you don’t see Him working doesn’t mean He isn’t.”

Please read Esther for yourself.

It’s one of the most cinematic, inspiring, and faith-building stories in all of scripture.

Good morning friends

We’re back.

After a week away celebrating Ashley and Ryan’s beautiful wedding, spending time with family, travelling across the Prairies, and making our way back home to Winnipeg, it feels good to open the Bible together again.

Today we step into the book of Nehemiah.

A story about broken walls.

Broken cities.

Discouraged people.

And one man who believed God wasn’t finished yet.

In today’s episode we talk about:

📖 Nehemiah hearing about Jerusalem’s destruction

📖 Why his first response was prayer instead of panic

📖 Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

📖 Working together as a community

📖 Facing opposition and criticism

📖 Staying focused on God’s calling

📖 And how Jesus still rebuilds broken lives today

One of my favorite lines from today’s episode:

“Don’t focus on the entire wall. Ask Jesus what the next brick is.”

Please read Nehemiah for yourself this week.

There’s so much leadership, courage, wisdom, and faith packed into this incredible book.

Good Monday morning my friends

Today we step into one of the most emotional and hopeful books in the Bible:

Ezra.

A story about rebuilding after collapse.

Jerusalem had fallen.

The temple was destroyed.

The people were scattered into exile.

Everything felt ruined.

And yet…

God was not finished with them.

In today’s episode we walk through:

📖 the people returning home from exile

📖 rebuilding the temple stone by stone

📖 worship during difficult seasons

📖 Ezra reconnecting people to scripture

📖 why rebuilding spiritually takes patience

📖 and how Jesus still restores broken things today

We also talk a little road trip life

Natalie and I are heading toward Alberta to celebrate Ashley and Ryan getting married this week, and we’re also excited to see my eldest son Laura and his wife Brooklyn while we’re out there.

A lot of gratitude in the heart this morning.

One of the biggest reminders from today’s episode:

God is present in the rebuilding process too.

Not just the finished product.

Please read Ezra for yourself too.

Especially the rebuilding moments and the worship moments.

There is so much hope inside this book.

Good Sunday morning my friends

Today we step into one of the most powerful themes in the entire Bible:

Revival.

Repentance.

People drifting away from God…

and God continually welcoming them back.

In today’s episode we walk through:

📖 Solomon dedicating the temple

📖 Fire falling from heaven

📖 “If my people will humble themselves and pray…”

📖 King Josiah rediscovering scripture

📖 National repentance and restoration

📖 Why hearts slowly drift from God

📖 And why Jesus still welcomes people home

One thing becomes very clear throughout 2 Chronicles:

Drift happens slowly.

But people CAN return to God.

And honestly, that’s incredibly hopeful.

Also

If you’re listening Sunday morning and you’re able to get into church today, I really wanna encourage you to go.

Not because church buildings save people.

Jesus saves people.

But worshipping, praying, learning, and walking through life alongside other believers matters deeply.

Please read 2 Chronicles for yourself too.

Especially the revival sections.

There is so much depth, warning, mercy, and hope packed into this book.

Tonight’s episode is coming out a little later than usual

It’s been a FULL day out at camp:

working on the water system,

testing water,

checking algae,

working on the skid steer,

cutting grass,

tuning lawnmowers,

setting ant traps everywhere,

and even watching fisheries release baby fish off the dock out here in the Whiteshell.

But after a long day of work, tonight we slow down and step into 1 Chronicles.

And honestly, this book is WAY more powerful than people sometimes realize.

Tonight we talk about:

📖 why the genealogies matter

📖 remembering God’s faithfulness across generations

📖 David worshipping and celebrating before the Lord

📖 the mercy of God

📖 why remembering spiritually matters so much

📖 and how all of scripture keeps pointing toward Jesus

Because underneath all the names and records inside 1 Chronicles is this powerful reminder:

God has been faithful generation after generation after generation.

And He is still faithful today.

Please read 1 Chronicles for yourself too.

Slow down with it.

Even the genealogies

There is beauty hidden in the details when people take time to sit with scripture intentionally.