by Kevin Murray | Dec 22, 2025 | Encouragement, Life Lessons
Ah yes, the meaning of Christmas. I look at it this way: The birth of Jesus was God coming after us. For me, it was like this: There was the first half of my life, the ordinary American variety, normal as it was, when everything still felt strangely…unmoored. I woke,...
by Kevin Murray | Nov 4, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement, Life Lessons
My wife asked me recently if the ministry I’ve devoted my life to has been rewarding. I thought a full five minutes before answering: “Well, yes—when I remember, what else am I here for but to help people find the right road, and to walk with those already on it a...
by Kevin Murray | Oct 14, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement
Productivity has no more spiritual value than rest—and, as a matter of fact, probably less. God rested, and He wasn’t even tired. That truth stops me. If the Almighty chose to rest, not from weakness but from fullness, then rest must be holy. Genesis tells us, “By the...
by Kevin Murray | Sep 23, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement, Prayer
For as many men and women as there are in the Body of Christ, there are that many ways to approach praying to God and communing with Him. Ask a hundred people of strong faith how they start their day with God, and you will hear a rich variety of answers. One may read...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 29, 2025 | Daily Journey, Encouragement, Life Lessons
I took a recent emergency trip to the hospital—Oh joy! Now, thankfully, I’m home recovering, eating real food, and doing fine. As I lay there alone in the quiet of the room, I reflected—or was I ruminating?—as one does in a hospital room, on the fleeting nature...
by Kevin Murray | Mar 11, 2025 | Challenges, Daily Journey, Encouragement
“And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith” (Hebrews 12:2). Run? What, with these knees? When I was a child I couldn’t wait to be all “growed-up,” for some reason I...
