
When God Roars, It’s Because He Loves | The Mid-Week Memo | January 28, 2026
“The lion has roared; who will not fear?The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?” — Amos 3:8 Amos was not a professional prophet.

“The lion has roared; who will not fear?The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?” — Amos 3:8 Amos was not a professional prophet.

Every now and then Scripture distills the entire gospel into a single, breathtaking sweep. 1 John 4 is one of those places. John writes with

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(And Why We Can Still Learn From Mary Oliver) “Instructions for living a life:Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.”— Mary Oliver Every once in a while,

“Behold, I am doing a new thing;now it springs forth—do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:19 (ESV) As we stand on the threshold of a

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There’s a quiet kind of wisdom tucked inside an old Cat Stevens lyric—“Take your time, think a lot. Think of everything you’ve got.For you will

Most of us are familiar with the Bible’s reference to the “12 tribes of Israel.” What’s surprising is that Scripture actually contains 14 tribal names—yet

This morning, I joined Tommy “Rivs” Puzey on an iFIT walk through Stephen’s Grove in the heart of the California redwoods—towering trunks reached toward heaven,