Die Young {Book Review}

“…when his love is all that surrounds you and all that contains you and all that you contain, then life is a whole new ball game. What was down is now up, what was death is not life, what was less is now more, and what was weakness is now strength; there is no more [...]

Jesus+Nothing=Everything {Review and Giveaway}

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How do I grow as a Christian? If you had asked me this question when I was 5 years old, this is how I would have answered: Ask Jesus into my heart, and try to be a good person. Same question at age 15: Go to church. Read your Bible. Be a light to the [...]

What’s Behind Our Behavior?

Every temptation to sin is, in the moment, a temptation to disbelieve the gospel-the temptation to secure for ourselves in that moment something we think we need in order to be happy, something we don’t yet have: meaning, freedom, validation, and so on. Bad behavior happens when we fail to believe that everything we need, [...]

“What do you think about the Messiah?”

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These are the latest verses we have been blessed to bring to the Vidunda people. Each month Lara and I have the pleasure of going to the OneVerse site to give from the sales of our book. We have a crazy, big goal; to trust Him to bring 104 verses to the nations, through Savoring [...]

Bedtime prayers in the Orr Household {as overheard by Mom and Dad}

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Kenneth: Ok, so here is what you do. Pray and ask God to come into your heart. Say, Dear God, please come into my heart. Anna: God, come into… Kenneth: No! Say Dear God… Anna: Dear God… Kenneth: Will you come into my heart? Anna: Will you come into my heart? Kenneth: So I can be a Christian. Anna: So [...]