Real Cost

Scripture: Luke 8:3 – “And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.” I’ve been thinking about Mary Magdalene a lot lately. Pardon for a moment of personal...

You Exhaust Me – Wrestling with Doubt & Returning to Jesus

Scripture: Psalm 139:8 – “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” Has anyone ever told you that you “exhaust them?” When Tom and I began dating, apparently, I had some deep-rooted “stuff.” (Ha!) Self-doubt coupled with...

Identity Shift: When Jesus Calls Your Name

Scripture: Isaiah 43:1 – “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” It’s one thing to be rescued. It’s another thing to be renamed. Mary Magdalene didn’t just experience freedom—she experienced an identity shift. In The Chosen,...

The Gospel of Matthew: A Story Still Being Written

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” “Follow me” was the call. A man sitting in a tax booth, counting coins, living in the tension between comfort and...

Faith in the Details

Scripture: Matthew 10:30 – “And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” Matthew noticed things. In The Chosen, his mind worked in patterns, sequences, tiny details that others overlooked. The precise way coins stacked in his tax booth. The...