There is always something to do. My calendar is filled with people to visit, lesson plans to prepare, gatherings and meetings to attend, emails to check and respond to—it is a never-ending cycle of tasks that can feel very overwhelming, especially...

This passage, often read at Christmastime, is one we are likely familiar with. I tend to focus so much on the final verse that I forget the vibrant imagery of the first few verses. Jesus “shatters” the yoke that burdens His people (see Matt. 11:28...

I wonder what Jesus had in mind for them when He wanted them to rest. Perhaps a picnic in the sun, with a breeze to refresh them. Maybe a quick round of the game “Never have I ever…”

My husband and our two kids he’d hauled with him pulled in late in the evening from out of town. They’d left me at home for a blissful four whole days, people.