One challenge of being a contractor is being able to have client’s picture what you are describing to them. You explain the great potential of the project. I was never much of a salesperson so never told them, picture yourself sitting at your new kitchen table. When we started the project called the ‘broken house,’ I told Sarah this is such a great house full of potential! I saw a house that would work great for our family, she saw

We often think in our life if we are doing what God wants in our life then we will not see any pain or suffering. We think that pain and suffering are ways God corrects and disciplines. Our life might be filled with cries to God asking the question, “why does this happen to me?” You look our at the world and people that surround you and it seems everything just goes right in their life and not yours. This

Imagine standing at the edge of a river, the line between safety and uncertainty. The moment before you is pivotal, the weight of a decision hangs in the air. Such was the scene for Julius Caesar in ancient Rome, as he gazed at the Rubicon River. The choice he faced was monumental: to cross the river with his army would mean defying the authority of the Roman Senate, ushering in a new chapter in history. In that tense moment, Caesar's

I have often wondered who chose the stories we tell and place in our children’s storybook Bibles and our Sunday School lessons. Did they sit down and vote on the stories? Did they think of the major mountain tops of redemptive historical timelines? Did they think about what lesson they might be able to teach from the story? Obviously, these are curated stories, that are often edited in some regards. I have not, to my knowledge, seen a realistic children’s

What is the most powerful and important part in a chess game? Important we would answer the king who is central to the victory of the game, the whole game hinges upon this piece the most powerful piece would be the queen, although some have suggested the uniqueness of the pawn in their special moves and their plurality if used correctly can have the greatest impact on the game. However, the most powerful and important part in a game of

We all know the moment when someone asks for a volunteer and everyone either shrinks back into their chair or get two feet taller with their hands waving around. In one instance the person with the hand waving, ecstatically jumping would love to be chosen, the other person lower in their chair is merely saying, you can pick anyone else if it is not me. In today’s passage, we see the lack in Moses that is only found in Christ. Moses

Paul states in 1 Corinthians 1:22 that Jews demand signs (cf. Matt 12:38, 16:1; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16, 29; John 6:30). This is exactly what the Jewish people sought of the promised messiah because this is how God confirmed his word to his. People. This happens throughout the bible but we see it start here in the Book of Exodus, where a prophet is given a word to speak and the Prophet is given signs to confirm the word from

We all know the scene in the movie, we know it because we have seen it so many different times. It happens in all the movies, the headquarters, the dinner, the sideline, or some other meeting place. The movie has built up to what is about to follow. They need to capture the bad guy, defeat the enemy, score a touchdown, and find the dog, child, or some other thing. They have spent the whole movie building to this final

It was any other day for Moses the shepherd, or so he thought. Before the sun had risen over the dusty horizon he was up. Counting his sheep, without falling asleep. He was watching over his father-in-law’s flock. Over the past forty years or so he had become part of the Priest of Midian’s family. His wife Zipporah had given birth to two boys, Gershom and Eliezer. He had been rescued from the sword of Pharaoh and he was a