MARY K ASHLEY

We live in a world riddled with anxiety. It comes as no surprise that 42% of a polled population in America described having some form of...

Easter is often associated with a mixed bowl of bunnies, egg hunts, blooming flowers, candy, and the acknowledgment and celebration of...

Whether you have heard the term 'cancel culture' or not, I would venture to guess you may have witnessed it both played out and its...

My Utmost Affections Upon You, O God I recognize Father that apart from abiding in your Son, I can do nothing (John 15:5). This is not a...

Looking around us, the realities that settle into our communities, cities, and nations, may seem to be far from a reality we would or...

This year has been one, for many, a culmination of 361 days of hopelessness, despair, anxiety, or dismal vantage points. Much of these...

"Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter." (Proverbs 24:11) I am fully aware...

This prayer is from St. Augustine's book of Meditations. You can read all of his prayers here. CH 7. An Acknowledgment that sinful Man...

Over the last few weeks, I, probably like many of you, have felt inundated with all things elections. Whether it be from all of the news...

As I was out on a walk yesterday talking with a friend, I was reminded of the stark contrast in the way in which we, as Christians, are...

The Christian good works in the Bible don't necessarily include changing the world, and that's a good thing. If you've been a Christian...

The idea of performing or working in order to earn your way into heaven is unfortunately not uncommon among those who profess to be...

If you're anything like me, you can sometimes feel the urge to resist a season where the formalities and consistency you once knew seem...

We all have one. Whether we would define the way in which we look at and interact with the world around us as a worldview or not, does...

I hope the totality of my blogs have shown that the state of my heart is never to "call out" or "cancel" certain pastors, teachers, or...

I've been through an unexpected but yet beautiful change with regard to some of my go-to Bible teachers over the last 2 years. While some...

How can one be dead and yet living? A question asked with earnest desire to know Life apparent in my lungs Yet fully absent in my soul A...

I want to start with an admittance that I would never claim to be either a scholar or theologian. Rather, I am a forever student of the...

How many times, as it relates to both critical and minor decisions have you found yourself unsure of what step you are to take next?...

"Why is Jesus's death on a cross good news? Why should some man's death via crucifixion thousands of years ago matter to me today? I'm...