BUSY AVENUES

Modesty. The church’s self-created sub-culture. What does it mean? What does it look like? Who gets to say what it is and isn’t? And why...

Being unseen is the fear that my pain doesn’t matter because others do not have time to hear it.

“For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 As it is Christmas, December 25, 2023,...

Are any of you like me and think in pictures? Waterpark. What did you just think of? Was it a huge place? Lots of slides? The giant...

I was first cancelled about seven years ago, when a friend from high school blocked me on every platform. Since then, cancel culture has...

by Jim Racke October 15, 2020: It was one quick instant. Our life had been on co-pilot as I negotiated working 60 hours a week, serving...

The measure of a person’s faith is not miraculous healing.True measure of our faith is that we continue to obey and follow our Lord.

by Heather Williquette Over the last five years I have suffered. A lot. And if there is one thing that I have learned (and learned to...

Every good Christian friend to the hurting has Romans 8:28 in their back pocket. I’m going to say that there’s a good time to use it and...

Life may not be kind, but God is. Almost two months ago, I began taking medication for depression and the looming suicidal thoughts that...

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame. | Proverbs 18:13 When I was 16, a girl I was a camper with at a...

Baptism and the Lord’s Table have been historically hotly debated. Actually, that might be understatement. People have died over this....

Everybody wants a community. It is the way God made us. We want people surrounding us who have similar likes and thoughts, are in a...

Several scriptures coursed through my mind over the past few weeks that I had to write down--the idea of desiring mercy and growth for...

I’m a concrete, tangible-loving sort of black-and-white person. I like to know straight up what I’ve done wrong so I can fix it. I like...

John 1:16 “Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fullness . . .” “Just look at the layers in there,” the baking...

What fellowship has light with darkness? We would answer—none! It’s impossible. Light and darkness can’t mix. When you shine a flashlight...

God has been using translation since the first words of Genesis were penned, which transliterated read: Bereshit bara Elohim et...

Have you ever felt a longing in your soul that never seems to be satisfied? Have you ever stepped back and said, “Is this it? Is this all...

To speak from my heart would mean I would have to acknowledge the very dark days of postpartum depression I have faced over the eight...