I’m a little late posting this week’s blog… but honestly, I knew that might happen even before the week started. The Lord has called this season of my life abiding . Not teaching it. Not mastering it. Learning it. And that’s really what our new series, With Him , is about,  learning how to abide with Jesus in the daily, ordinary moments of life. Which, by the way… I’m not very good at yet. But I’m learning. And as I learn, I want to share it with you—both what I’m learning no

There was a time when I thought following Jesus meant trying harder and measuring how much I was accomplishing for Him. Whenever I thought about my walk with the Lord, it was always about what I should be doing more of. I should read my Bible more. I should pray more. I should volunteer more. And somewhere in the middle of all those thoughts was the question I asked Him over and over again: Am I doing enough for You? My focus wasn’t on a relationship with Jesus or even on spe

There was a season when my faith felt complicated and heavy. I was trying to manage it. Maintain it. Improve it. I thought if I just read more, prayed longer, stayed more disciplined, it would finally feel steady. Instead, I felt tired. One day, almost out of desperation, I told the Lord, “I don’t know how to do this the way I’ve been doing it anymore.” And what He led me into was surprisingly simple. Five minutes. Not an hour. Not a structured study plan. Not a checklist. Ju