As Thanksgiving is approaching, we all are prompted to remember our blessings and give thanks for them. But whom should we be thanking? Giving thanks to the people who have blessed us is important but giving thanks to God is the most important. It is only by His hand t...

While the political news these days surrounds controversy over the election, it is important to remember that we are not locked into the binary decision of “for” or “against” that others may expound. In Romans, it says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transf...

With so much going on everyday in the news cycle, our thoughts can sometimes be very clouded by the problems of the world as well as our own personal issues. When we either don’t or aren’t able to deal with them, our problems have a tendency to only grow more and more...

Happy Elevated Friday! Today we highlight a story of a young man who has found a unique way to provide for his community using resources most would overlook. This past August, a derecho hit an area of Iowa, whose 140 mph winds wreaked havoc on the area. 12-year-old Tom...

Confused could be an apt word to describe all of us at times this year. With such big things happening in 2020, discerning God's will in all of it is confusing, too. The Bible says, "For God is not a God of confusion but of peace." How can this be when we are confused...

With the nation seeing spikes in COVID again, how we deal with them is very passionately discussed in the media these days. There are a lot of opinions but not a single one is without consequences. In those potential consequences there is a lot of fear and anxiety. Pau...

The world is always in full force trying to convince each of us of something. But should we be surprised? The world is always striving to sell us an idea, a vision, or a mentality that is not from God. The way we know it is not from God is that the product of that ment...

As we begin a new week, many of carry the stresses of last week into today. As much as we strive to keep positive, there are always things in our lives that we wish were different, we wish would be blessed, or that we wish we did not have to endure. However, life is ab...

Happy Elevated Friday! Today we highlight a story of one man whose idea and efforts are helping people connect during these tough times. Performance artist Brandon Woolf, in New York City, recently had the idea to revive letter-writing as a meaningful form of connectio...

Between a contested presidential election and upcoming, high-stakes runoff elections in Georgia, there is a lot of hand-wringing about the future right now, wondering what will come next for our nation. In these moments, whether we are on the winning or losing side, pe...