March 18, 2024

If you’ve ever read Psalm 23, you know that being a shepherd is a tough job. Sure, the psalm itself is beautiful. The pictures of green pastures and still waters have created great imagery for paintings and needlework through the years. But beyond the cross stitch, there’s the rod that strikes the sheep to get […]

One of the reasons I wanted to blog through the Bible in 2024 (and beyond) is because I wanted to slow down and pick up on the “smaller things” I usually overlook. One of those, surprisingly, has been how often wells enter the picture. In retrospect, I probably should’ve seen this coming. Of course a

As Christians, we are not under a “tithing” process anymore. Under the Old Law, the Jews were mandated to give a tenth of everything that they owned. This involved a few different types of tithes, but the general idea comes from Leviticus 27:30 that says a tenth of these things “is the Lord’s; it is

Dreams are weird. I don’t remember many of my dreams anymore (although with three kids under eight, there’s hardly any time to sleep anyway). The ones that I do remember, though, are random, interlaced with Taco Bell, and usually intense. I don’t know what that says about me, but…there it is. Jacob’s dream in Genesis

Even as a kid, the idea of Jacob using a rock for a pillow made me hurt. As someone who now greatly values their shut eye, I can’t imagine grabbing a rock to lay your head down on. It’s stiff, probably sharp, and will most likely give you a raging headache when you wake up.