Spiritual Walk & Personal Faith

real-life struggles, personal doubt, habits, and what it feels like to walk with God day-to-day.

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a watercolor of a young woman, blind folded while looking at an image of Heaven, to illustrate faith requires trust: taking a risk on something we can't see.

Faith requires trust: taking a risk on something we can’t see

Spiritual Walk & Personal Faith

Faith often asks us to trust God with things we can’t yet see. It feels risky, even unsettling, until we realize this is how God has always invited people to walk with Him. Noah trusted a warning no one else believed. Romans 8 reminds us that hope grows in the waiting. This reflection explores how trust becomes the quiet doorway to a deeper life with God.

Why Trusting the Invisible Matters More Than We Think
a high-quality AI image of Isa 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.

Is The Next Life Going to Be Boring?

Spiritual Walk & Personal Faith

A look at our hopes, fears, and assumptions about the next life – and how Scripture offers a far more vibrant, grounded, and imaginative future than clouds and harps. If Heaven comes to Earth, what does that mean for the life we long for?

Exploring the adventure God still has in store when Heaven comes to Earth
An ethereal scene in a dark space between buildings, fog on the ground, with Jesus. as of on a "stairway to Heaven", with a white dove accompanying a man towards a bright light ahead to show the presence of God the Father.

Jesus loves us the way we are, right?

Spiritual Walk & Personal Faith

Many of us take comfort in the idea that Jesus loves us just as we are. But what happens when His love invites us into change, truth, and a way of life that doesn’t always match our assumptions? This short reflection explores the difference between being loved by Jesus and actually loving Him as He is.

But do we love Jesus the way He is?
Watercolor painting of a dark, winged demonic figure with a tightly clenched fist, from which a small human figure has just fallen, landing safely into a massive, glowing hand emerging from bright, golden light.

The More You Tighten Your Grip Satan

Spiritual Walk & Personal Faith

This reflection began years ago, in a season when life felt like it was closing in. I’ve now added the part of the story I never finished — the staph infection that nearly took me out — and a brief update on becoming a cancer survivor. Through all of it, one truth has stayed with me: when everything tightens, God doesn’t let go.

A Story of Being Held When Everything Felt Too Tight
a product label that says, "Sanitized - more than clean", in various shades of blue.

Sanitized evil

Spiritual Walk & Personal Faith

We’re surrounded by softened, stylized versions of evil that feel thrilling but harmless. This article looks at how that distortion blinds us to real‑world harm and why it matters for anyone trying to make sense of good, evil, and the world we live in.

The danger of what no longer looks dangerous
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