When Legends Fall: Dead Trees and Dying Gardens

Whatever looks triumphant—the people and things we hold out as the absolute measure of concrete, dependable success—still meets death that tramples it. Isaiah warns that rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the Lord will perish. What then are we going to hold onto?

Toast Falls, Life Rises

We know we're going to die—it's as inevitable as buttered toast landing face-down—but Romans 6:5 asks whether that death has to mean the same thing it did before Christ.

We Do Not Want This Man (July 14, 2024)

We've all got a part of ourselves we refuse to hand over—the place that says, You don't get this, Lord. Heading toward Jerusalem, Jesus told a parable about a nobleman whose citizens hated him and sent word: We do not want this man to reign over us. The question is whether that refusal still has the last word.

This Week at Little Hills - Ecclesiastes (February 15, 2026)

Melanie helps us to make sense of meaning (and seeming meaninglessness) by going to Ecclesiastes we continue on in 52 Verses, 52 Books and 52 Weeks for 2026.

We're the Fools (April 1, 2024)

Sometimes our attempts to fix our situations we need rescue from go as badly as poorly planned April Fool’s jokes.

Good News and Bad News: Are We the Punchline? (March 25, 2024)

We pray the Lord’s Prayer anticipating God’s work, but a lot of times His glory and power feels quite distant. Is that the bad news that cancels out the good news that He cares?

We can Noah Hope (March 18, 2024)

Join us for our fourth anniversary of Steadfast, during which we look at how God provides hope even in dark and discouraging times.

What if We Could Live as Long as Methuselah? (March 11, 2024)

Methuselah lived 969 years — longer than anyone else recorded in Scripture. Does that mark success or remind us of failure that creeps around even that long of life?

Inflating Towards God's Plan (December 11, 2023)

When we see where God is actually headed with all of us, He equips us to run from “Fake Jesuses” and towards the true Jesus and His victory.

Why St. Nick was Slaphappy (December 4, 2023)

Right in the Christmas story, we read the incredible mystery and wonder of what God has done for us.