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Desire is a funny thing. I don’t mean the passionate, lustful kind of desire. And not the desire you have for a person. But the desires you have for yourself, for your life, or for those you love. Those desires. Perhaps the most confusing Bible verse I’ve ever meditated on is Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself Continue reading

People often ask me about the name “Elevate Ideas” for my website. While it originated over three years ago as a name I thought was intended for one thing, God has morphed it into something else entirely (as He often tends to do). Regardless of the intent, the name has always been intentional — the Continue reading

Jaana started playing soccer recently, and like most 5 year-old sports teams, the action on the field is more entertaining than exciting. My daughter, God bless her, takes a little too much after her mom and doesn’t have the competitive drive that her dad has. So while she’s practicing or playing, she’s doing it “Jaana-style” Continue reading

Greg got this plant for me on our anniversary three years ago. When he bought it, it had just one single bloom, and in the three years since it has continued to grow and flourish as a green plant with no blooms. But I noticed the other day there was suddenly a bloom on the Continue reading

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a city called Shechem, which means “back or shoulder.” And a man named Abram came to Shechem, to the oak tree. And the Lord appeared to him there and spoke to him saying, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So Abram Continue reading