Sheryl Hofmeister

April Showers Bring May Flowers

This time of year always seems to sneak up on me!  As the snow comes down in December, I have visions of springtime and how I will go about staying on top of the...

JESUS: THE REASON AND THE CENTER

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that...

Take My Life

The song Take My Life and Let it Be was written by Frances Havergal in 1874 and has held enduring value and blessing among Christians around the globe and across genres and styles. The...

Drought

Sometimes life feels a little like late August, in May this year, in Colorado. The grass is crunchy, the rivers are low, and everything just feels tired. Not necessarily broken, just dry. We all...

On the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds...

The Sown

Last week I attended a retirement party for a friend of mine, Dennis, an emergency physician that mentored me for most of my years in rescue. During the party, there were several medical professionals...

The Most Important Thing…

A few days before Easter, my family set out on a walk to enjoy the beautiful weather.  We ended at a park where the kids threw the football around, trying to make it into...

SHORT-SIGHTED

There are some songs or phrases that just stick. You know what I’m talking about; a refrain, a play on words, or a timeless truth spoken cleverly is easy to remember. Years ago, the...

Were You There?

Most of our Good Friday hymns invite us into the scene of Jesus’ crucifixion in a personal way. We are invited to see and experience our suffering Savior. For example, “Go to dark Gethsemane,”...

Wait…That’s God?

Chapter 25 of The Story is one of those moments where everything shifts. Up to this point, we’ve seen God move in big, loud ways. Burning bushes, parted seas, kings rising and falling. But...