Whenever we host friends for dinner, my wife can’t help but care about every little detail: the menu, the table arrangements, the music that’s playing, flowers and candles in the bathroom, the drinks, cutlery, and more. She always creates a beautiful experience for all. Exodus 39 outlines [...]

Exodus 38:8 | He made the bronze basin and its stand from the bronze mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. There’s a TV show called Grand Designs and every time I read this part of Exodus I think [...]

Psalm 130:5 | I wait for the Lord; I wait and put my hope in his word. Psalm 130 is one of the songs of ascent (Psalms 120-134). They were sung by travelers on pilgrimages to Jerusalem as they climbed the high hills in which the city was [...]

Ephesians 1:18 | I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people...   The liturgical season of Advent is a [...]

Colossians 1:15-20 | He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through him and [...]