Children often say, “I can do it myself.” Sometimes that is a good and healthy thing. Growth requires effort. Maturity includes learning responsibility. But there is a point where self-reliance stops ...  Read More

People often ask the wrong question about marriage. Instead of asking, “What is God’s design?” we ask, “What can I get away with?” Instead of receiving God’s gifts with reverence, we look for technica...  Read More

Every life leaves something behind.Sometimes it is a reputation. Sometimes it is a collection of memories. Sometimes it is a pattern that keeps shaping other people long after a person is gone. Script...  Read More

A house painter talks about Jesus while working on a ladder. It is an ordinary day, ordinary conversation, ordinary job. And yet God uses that moment to change a life.That pattern shows up all through...  Read More

We naturally share what we love. We talk about the places we enjoy, the people we care about, the teams we follow, and the things that fill our attention. We do not only speak about them—we show up fo...  Read More

Money can make a room feel tight. Not because money is the most important thing in life, but because money so often touches the most important things in life—security, control, fear, hope, comfort, an...  Read More

A man spends his whole life learning a trade that feels ordinary—so ordinary it’s easy to assume it has little to do with the kingdom of God. Then, one day, God opens a door. A conversation. A need. A...  Read More

Most of us don’t need another reminder that we’re busy. What we do need is something deeper: wisdom—God-given clarity for what our lives are for, and how our time can become worship rather than just s...  Read More

Some parts of the Christian life are obviously impossible to do in our own strength. But other parts feel deceptively doable. We can show up. We can volunteer. We can build routines. We can keep a cal...  Read More

Most of us hear the word stewardship and immediately think: effort. Try harder. Do better. Get more disciplined. Be more consistent. Give more. Serve more. Organize your life.And to be honest, that in...  Read More

Most weeks at Mercy Village, I’m doing the same thing (and I love it): we preach through books of the Bible, verse by verse. That’s our normal rhythm, and we’re going back to Matthew when this series ...  Read More

Some stories stick because they’re funny. Others stick because they’re true. This one is both.Sarah Beth and I used to live on a farm in Milton, West Virginia, and I got roped into a lot of jobs I was...  Read More