Planting a Vineyard: Living In Him Abiding, Willingness, and Trust “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”— John 15:5 Jesus does not ask us to strive harder or perform better.He invites us to abide. A branch cannot bear fruit by effort. It bears fruit by remaining connected to the vine. That is the foundation of everything:In Him. In Him. In Him. Who We Are In Christ Ephesians 1 paints a

Part of the Whole “And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭14‬:‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Can these pieces ever be enough to meet the enormous need in front of me? I am sure that Jesus’ disciples must have said - or thought - something similar when they were faced with a massive crowd

Where God Restores What Was Meant to Humiliate In Gospel of John 9, we encounter a man who had lived his entire life unseen—not just physically blind, but socially diminished. In that culture, blindness was often tied to shame, judgment, and exclusion. Day after day, he sat in the dust while others passed him by, and many would spit on the ground near him as a sign of contempt. That ground held the weight of his humiliation. Then Jesus Christ steps into his story. What Jesus

“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” There is something deeply moving about this moment in Scripture. Genesis 3 is the chapter of humanity’s first great failure—the moment everything fractured. Trust was broken. Innocence was lost. Shame entered. Adam and Eve hid, covered themselves with fragile fig leaves, and faced the consequences of their choices. And yet… right there, in the middle of the mess, God shows up.Not with abandonment.Not

Are you? Innocent? Not me? What is innocence? According to the Miriam Webster Online Dictionary the word Innocence can be defined as: “freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense”, “freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil” or “lack of worldly experience or sophistication”. How often have you heard, perhaps even said or thought: I have lost my innocence! It seems the world wants us to look at innocence as something: lost, gone,