If the people who know you had to sum you up in a single word, what would it be? Not your job title, not your achievements , but the trait that shows up every time someone interacts with you. In one of the shortest letters in the New Testament, the apostle John answers exactly that question about a man most of us have never heard of. His name was Gaius, and the trait that made it into Scripture was generosity. In his third letter, John opens by saying he had heard of Gaius's

It’s been years since God first called me for a deeper relationship with him and I remember at the beginning of this process hearing this: “Sometimes we are ready to receive God’s wrath but not ready to receive his love”. I don’t remember who said that, but these words have been with me for a long time. And Yes! I totally resonated with that. As a perfectionist, I could never see myself good enough to achieve many things, including earning my place at God’s table as a daught

Sometimes we ask, “Where is God” . But could God be asking the same, “Where are you?”

It's winter in Maringá and the weather could not be better (of course I would wish for snow and negative temperatures, but for a place where most of the year you can fry an egg on the heat of the sidewalk, this time of the year is the best). Winter is marked by a period of rest, at least for the plants. It is when they pause their growing and the green is not as strong. But there is a tree called ypê roxo, and it reaches the peak of its beauty during this season. While all ot

A Devotional Journey Through Joshua 3:15-17 “Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from up the stream stopped flowing...” — Joshua 3:15-16a The Climax in the Details I have a bit of a dual personality when it comes to stories. On one hand, I can be impatient. My mind works fast, and because I can usually anticipate the conclusion before a story