"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." - Acts 2:42There's something almost magical about sharing a meal with someone - maybe it'...  Read More

"Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling." - 1 Peter 4:9Summer has this amazing way of drawing us outside, doesn't it? The longer days, the warm evenings, the smell of barbecue drifting thr...  Read More

"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven." - Ecclesiastes 3:1Nature is the ultimate teacher when it comes to seasons and timing. Trees don't try to bloom in winter or...  Read More

"He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, 'Quiet! Be still!' Then the wind died down and it was completely calm." - Mark 4:39If you've ever been caught in a sudden thunderstorm, you know how...  Read More

"He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul." - Psalm 23:2-3There's something almost magical about being near water, isn't there? Whether it's the oc...  Read More

"Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these." - Luke 12:27Jesus had a way of using the simplest t...  Read More

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." - Psalm 19:1Have you ever stepped outside on a clear night and felt completely overwhelmed by the vastness of the star...  Read More

"He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake." - Psalm 23:3There's something about summer that awakens our souls! Maybe it's the way sunsets seem to last forever, or h...  Read More

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2Our minds are like sponges, soaking up whatever we expose them to. And if we're honest, a l...  Read More

"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own." - 1 Corinthians 6:19Summer practically begs us to move our bodi...  Read More

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." - Matthew 6:33Summer has a way of shuffling our schedules - the kids are home, work might slow do...  Read More

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28Summer has this magical way of slowing things down, doesn't it? The longer days, the warm evenings, the sound...  Read More