Jessica Schneider

By Faith

You all are familiar with Hebrews 11:1 right?  Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. I have had a picture hanging in my bedroom for over 15 years with that verse on it. Although I have moved a couple times in that 15 years, the picture and […]

Filling The Gaps Of Faith

Years ago my friends and I were driving south on PCH in Calfornia. We were on spring break from college and driving from San Francisco to LA. We planned our trip to sightsee, and this particular night our destination was the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, and we were on the stretch of PCH […]

The Cost Of Sacrifice

“I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” – 2 Samuel 24:24 (NIV) Has God ever asked you to give something up as you seek to follow Him? Maybe He has been asking you now, or perhaps He has been asking you for a while. I am not sure what […]

When You Are Still In The Storm

I heard someone say recently that the safest place to be in a hurricane is in the eye. The eye moves with the storm but is strangely calm because the winds that converge towards the center never reach it. The Coriolis force diverts the wind away from the center, causing the eyewall, leaving the center […]