The two commands of Jesus: go and come. Jesus invites the weary and burdened traveler to come to Him for rest. Jesus invites the curious fisherman to come and follow Him. Jesus also sends His followers into the world. Peter, the extroverted fisherman, was invited to...
Read MoreGrowing up, my family took some pretty epic vacations – from visiting Disney World to going to various major league baseball stadiums across the country, our summers were always guaranteed to include one week away from home experiencing new places and meeting new people. While I look back fondly at those memories, what I value more now...
Read MoreGrowing up, I always had chores to do around the house, and as a young child, I was heavily supervised by my mom. As I got older, I was given more and more responsibility, and I embraced this until I was about eleven or twelve at which point I started staying home alone during the summer. At least once a week, my mom would say...
Read MoreAlmost all of my favorite memories from my childhood and my adolescent years include my parents and my younger brother. Sure, I had plenty of friends who I spent time with, but even most of those memories involve my family, too. Since as far back as...
Read MoreFacebook. Twitter. Instagram. Snapchat. And the list goes on and on and on. Those are only a handful of the social media apps that we peruse and post to on a daily basis. That list doesn’t include any of the countless other apps for games, recipes, shopping, entertainment, etc. that aid and often bombard our everyday lives. We live in a society that is constantly...
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