"If you are hurt in church, you heal in church." These are wise, hopeful words as we trust God to heal us through his church.

John 15:9,13 I heard the sweetest little boy sing "Jesus Loves Me" on a social media video post. At first, I couldn't make out what he...

Mark 4:35-41 The young baseball umpire just couldn't get it right. The umpire trainer was seemingly moving him around on every pitch: a...

It is a joke to say "Jesus loves you because he doesn't know you." It's truly a joke because it's not true. Jesus knows and loves you.

Bible study informs us that we should ask God for just enough. We will increase our practical faith and honor God by taking this approach.

Jesus indicates that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive, even though we think of them as dead. Jesus indicates that all are alive to God.

The appearance of the Magi foreshadow Jesus's eventual goal of creating a church that includes outcasts as we still have today.

Luke 2: 6-7 It's always a welcome sight to see a young couple posting pictures of their newborn baby in the hospital, saying that their...

Cecil remembers childhood family traditions and maps them to trusting Jesus to reveal himself as we wait during Advent.

Waiting on God is hard. But we trust God that things will ripen when the time is right. Waiting is part of our practical faith journey.

As we find our voice, we can take risks for Christ. Here's a story of how a young teen found her voice and put faith into practice.

We trust God to discipline us when needed. We need the right attitude when we are disciplined, as it will eventually lead to righteousness.

Titus 2: 7 A few days after I started first grade, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I was terrified; I had no idea what I...

If we better trusted in Jesus, we would follow his vision of loving unity of all believers. Here's a heartwarming story of how that looks.

It can be hard to move on from something that has died to something new, even when the new is desirable. We're glad to have Jesus with us.

Daniel 3: 24-27 Like a whirlwind arriving upon her, Jennifer went through enough grief for one life. In short order, she lost her husband...

God can calm the storm or calm the child. Either way, in our practical faith, we trust God to bring peace and calm to our stormy lives.

We can trust God to sit and weep with us in our grief, fear, uncertainty, and anger, because we saw Jesus do it in the Bible.

Cecil dreamed of the multiple ways that God loves us. We trust God to find a way, directly or indirectly, to show His love.

To live a practical faith, we must first trust God so that we open our hearts from the inside, giving our consent for Him to live within us.