Inspiration

Can I take a deep cleansing, sanctifying dive today? I hope you don't mind. The scriptures say: "A little leaven leavens the whole lump."(Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6) When Paul wrote this, leaven (yeast) was a small portion of fermented dough added to a fresh batch so the entire lump would rise. The key point is that it only takes a LITTLE to affect EVERYTHING. A "lump" could be a community (the church), household, or an individual life. In this text, Paul was referring

Who Are You Activating? The worst thing I've heard over the years is: "HOLY SPIRIT activate!" I believe it started with a statement by Chynna Phillips on Celebrity Family Feud, which later became a popular meme. Many in the church adopted this disrespectful statement. Every time I hear or see these words, I cringe. HOLY SPIRIT is recognized as the third Person of the Trinity—fully God, co-equal with the Father and the Son. Rather than being an impersonal force or a vague ener

If you are the one everyone calls, leans on, and depends on, it can start to feel normal to carry more than your share. Over time, dependability can become a burden, especially when you are giving constantly but rarely receiving support yourself. Many women, including Christian women in leadership are praised for being steady, capable, and available. But being dependable can quietly turn into over-functioning, and over-functioning often leads to emotional exhaustion, resentme

Reflect on moments when isolation pressed close - a hospital waiting room, a barren stretch after loss, or even the ordinary silence of an anxious evening. In t

Human longing for recognition and belonging endures across every season of life. A desire for identity takes shape not only in what stirs our hearts, but also i