The Place Called Home

Sharing Hope Through God's Word

  • Refocus: Reprioritize Your Life

    To enjoy your work is a gift from God. But what if you let your work become a greater joy or a greater focus than God Himself?  Hi. I’m in this photo and I don’t like it. God recently showed me something I didn’t want to see. I didn’t like it because He showed me…

  • Conviction in Love: How to Walk in Victory

    Welcome to the end of May. How’s it been? Mine’s been pretty good and pretty busy. We celebrated my godson’s birthday, I visited my mom for Mother’s Day, and now today is my birthday. I went into planning this post thinking it would be a pretty light topic, maybe kind of fun, but I wasn’t…

  • It Is Finished: Remembering Jesus’ Work on the Cross

    I hope you’ve had a fantastic April. Ours has been busy with planning kids’ birthday parties and spring cleaning, but I just want to take the time in this month’s blog post to talk about how amazing our God is.  Have you ever read Psalm 22? It’s the one Jesus references when He’s hanging on…

  • 10 Favorite Christian Instagram Accounts for Encouragement and Community

    How’s your month been? What have you been up to lately? I know personally I’ve found myself scrolling through Instagram a lot recently. These are some accounts that I always love to see come across my feed. Their posts are always encouraging and normally help me think about God and His Word from a fresh…

  • El Roi: Getting to Know the God who Sees Me

    Hey, how’s your month going? How’s your year going? It’s still early on in 2024 but it feels like it’s already flying past.  This feeling usually tells me I need to slow down. Reorient myself. Focus back on the Father. Do you remember my blog post from New Year’s? I said that I wanted to…

  • Battling the Fear of Failure: Find Encouragement in God’s Promises

    How is your 2024 going? We’ve almost made it through the first month. Has it been going great? Are there some challenging parts?  I know I’ve been reevaluating some past habits lately. I always think I’m going to get it together and do so much more than I ever really do. Current me never seems…

  • What Do I Do?: Turning to God in Times of Confusion and Stress

    Have you ever had those moments where you just have no idea what to do?  Maybe you have a plan long-term that God’s given you but it’s the moment-to-moment decisions that trip you up. There’s too many options. What’s the right one? What does God actually want me to do at this exact moment? I…

  • Keep Moving Forward: How to Move Forward in the Face of Fear

    What if this doesn’t work out? What if I fail? What if it isn’t what I think it is? What if it’s exactly what I think it is? Fear is strong. It’s pervasive.  Once it gets a foothold it likes to hang on just as tight as it can. It doesn’t wait for an invitation…

  • The Commandment to Rest: The Dangers of Working in Vain

    “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” Psalm 127:1  “Nisi dominus frustra.” Without God, it is in vain. Literally: without the Lord, frustration. This is engraved on a structure at the Shing Mun Reservoir Park in…

  • Chase God’s Heart More Than His Hand: Seeking God in the Middle of a Waiting Season

    So I started reading Romans recently.  I’ve been reading through the Old Testament for the last little bit, aiming for a chapter a day (though that’s not always what happens).  I’ve read through Genesis and Exodus, made a detour through Jeremiah, read some in Joshua. Now I’m in Numbers. And I felt a draw a…