Young Like Timothy

1 Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” I have a very close family. In my generation, I am the only girl surrounded by five males: one...

The Great Commission

James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” I attended Concordia University, Irvine for my undergrad. On my school tour, we...

Love, Even When it’s Hard

1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” I remember learning this verse when I was in high school. My dad sat my family down at the dinner table one evening and read the verse. I don’t remember the...

Our Mission

Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”...

Denying Peter

Luke 22:62 “And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.” Have you ever hurt someone you love? Your parents, a sibling, your closest friends? I know I have. To be honest, I hurt quite a few people fairly recently. My last relationship was a very toxic one, and I didn’t...

Not Mine

Jesus at the Mount of Olives Luke 22:42, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”“ Jesus, knowing He is about to go die on a cross and suffer for the sins of the world asks for a wayout but ultimately says, but not My...