Category: 2026
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Anticipation and Celebration: Reflections on Psalm 98 and Isaiah 52
In Psalm 137, the exiles hung their harps on the willows, unable to sing. In Isaiah 52, the prophet called the ruins of Jerusalem to break forth in song. And in Psalm 98, the whole creation joins the chorus! From anticipation to celebration, from promise to praise, these passages remind us that we worship a…
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Meekness, Not Weakness (Matthew 5:5, Psalm 37)
Of all the Beatitudes, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” is probably the most quoted and least believed. Does meekness really “work” in the modern world?
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Good Grief (Matthew 5:4; John 11:17-35)
Grief tells us something is wrong with the world. But it also awakens a longing for the day when God will make all things new. In the second Beatitude, Jesus doesn’t tell us to deny our sorrow—He promises that sorrow will not have the last word.
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Blessing Begins With Brokenness (Matthew 5:3; Luke 18:9-14)
Part 1 of BLESSEDR: A Study of the Beatitudes. Jesus begins in a radical way: Blessing begins when we admit we are broken.
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Day 260: Planted in Babylon (Ezra 3:8)
Zerubbabel—“Planted in Babylon”—shows how God can grow beauty from exile. Even in hard seasons, He plants hope and brings forth Christ.
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Refresh 5: Renewed Strength (Isaiah 40:28-31)
What do you do when you’re tired—not just physically tired, but tired all the way down to your soul? Isaiah 40 reminds weary people that our strength has limits, but God’s doesn’t. Sometimes He gives us strength to soar. Sometimes to run. And sometimes, victory is simply having enough strength to keep walking.