(Ruth 4:14-17) I keep returning to her . . . I love how God fills His pages with the lives and emotions of ordinary people like her. Like Naomi. Each time I read her story something different about her take on God and life pulls me in. Encourages me to look more deeply at my…

Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute.  When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke . . . (Luke 11:14 NIV) I picture the formerly mute man. Totally amazed. By this tangible revelation of God’s heart for him. Pointed and personal. His own sign that Jesus sees him.  And cares….

My fourth grade teacher pulls a plastic relief map from the classroom’s closet. We are, she announces, about to have an opportunity to touch the map. To feel the topography pictured in our social studies books.  Perhaps we’re interested in terrains and elevations. But we’re likely just excited to get out of our seats. Most…