Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 2 Samuel 7:1-17; Galatians 3:23-29 The year was 2006, and I was working as an apprentice for Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMF) in the northern part of Mexico City. Every four years, the CMF Board meets in one of the countries...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 42; Zechariah 8:1-17; Matthew 8:14-17, 28-34 Advent is coming out of darkness and showing light to others. When I think of Jesus showing light to others I think of the people we are helping in Baton Rouge. Our church is helping people in need like those who...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 42; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Jude 17-25 Excerpt from “Shipwrecked at the Stable”1 One day Saint Francis and Brother Leo were walking down the road. Noticing that Leo was depressed, Francis turned and asked: “Leo, do you know what it means to be...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 42; Isaiah 29:17-24; Acts 5:12-16 One day my five-year-old daughter, Hazel, and I were on Highway 25 on the way back to Jackson around 2 o’clock in the afternoon. We stopped at a gas station for a quick rest stop and to get a snack. As we walked out of...
Daily Scripture Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:5-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 “Waiting for God, Part 3”1 But there is more. Waiting is open-ended. Open-ended waiting is hard for us because we tend to wait for something very concrete, for something that we wish to...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 146:5-10; 1 Samuel 2:1-8; Luke 3:1-18 On July 1, 2016, a light entered our world by the name of Bo Lawson Baker. He was my sister and brother-in-law’s third child and their first boy, my nephew. As with every loved child, we doted on him and “oohed...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 146:5-10; Ruth 4:13-17; 2 Peter 3:11-18 “Let there be light”. Four little words hold phenomenal power. Our world and our lives are full of examples of light both a physical entity and a gift of service we provide or receive. Have you ever...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 146:5-10; Ruth 1:6-18; 2 Peter 3:1-10 A Light in the Darkness When I was in sixth grade, I was going through a phase I believe every middle schooler goes through at some point. No, not puberty, but the phase where we believe that we are alone and not that...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 21; Genesis 15:1-18; Matthew 12:33-37 It’s the light that pierces through you to the darkest hidden place it knows your deepest secrets but it never looks away. This is the first line in the song “Call It Grace” by Unspoken, and this...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 21; Isaiah 41:14-20; Romans 15:14-21 Anyone who knows me for any period of time will know that I feel like I had the best father in the whole wide world. I realize that I may not be alone in my thoughts of their parent being the best but in my case it is true...