I was reading the other day about the men (and women) who have come to be known as the Desert Fathers. Cool name, huh? It seems that...

What rhythms do you have? What practices run through your day-to-day? When I wake up in the morning one of the first things that I do is...

Happy Holidays, White Oak! It’s about this time of the year when you expect to hear someone challenge you with some sort of resolution...

This coming Sunday is the final day of Advent. Advent (meaning, arrival) is celebrated as Christians remember that Jesus’s coming has...

During the third week of Advent, we celebrate Joy. Often the passage Philippians 4:4-5 is remembered. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I...

As we come to the end of the first week of Advent, I pray that you have been considering or adopting some practice this season which will...

The word “Advent” is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming.” Here is what Christianity.com says about the beginnings of...

I was recently challenged to do something that I didn’t want to do. It’s not my personality, really. To be honest, I was experiencing...

I see similarities in the book of Joshua to the book of Acts in the New Testament. God’s movement in both the life of Joshua and Israel...

When I get home from work, I’ve started a habit of lying down on the front couch in my house. It’s a small couch, more like a loveseat,...