Written Devotions
Daily devotions written by Pastor Mike and many other Time of Grace writers. These Bible-based messages cover a wide variety of topics and help you seek what matters most in life: Jesus. Join the thousands of people who receive these devotions for encouragement by subscribing to have them delivered to your inbox each morning.
E is for empathy
If you’re a young adult wrestling with the idea of going to church and attaching yourself to organized religion, I want you to know…
Good news for bad days
Every Christmas when I was a kid, my church made me memorize and recite the words of Luke 2:1-20: “In those days Caesar Augustus…
Take my life
Young Frances walked with her head down. A clever girl, she’d memorized Bible passages when she was only four and started writing poems at…
Good news for black sheep
Did you know that, according to many rabbis who lived around the time of Jesus, shepherds were the black sheep of the Jewish family?…
Is sorrow good or bad?
Well, this is a no-brainer, right? Who on earth would ever want to be sad? We don’t have to go looking for sadness. It…
Christmas or chaos-mas?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or is it? I haven’t started my Christmas cards or my shopping, and I’ve got strings…
The waiting game
What are your pre-Christmas memories from your childhood? I remember coming in from afternoon recess at school, getting settled in my desk, and my…
Breaking branches
There’s a scene in the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation where Aunt Bethany’s cat is gnawing on a string of lights. The cat ends…
Christmas happened!
Christmas is the season of stuff that didn’t actually happen. A magical snowman with a button nose. A bullied reindeer with a heartwarming story…
Christmas is a time for war
How would you finish this sentence? Christmas is a time for ________. I bet I could predict the top answers—Peace. Hope. Joy. Love. Family….
Farewell Moses
Among the most poignant stories in the Bible are those dealing with the last days of great leaders. No leader loomed larger than Moses…
A heart to hear
Sometimes when I don’t know what to pray for, I take the advice of Jesus’ brother James: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you…