Is the church becoming lax? Are we forgetting we serve a holy God? Are we forgetting that man looks at the outward appearance by the Lord looks at the heart? I wonder. I have been talking to a lot of young people lately about their views on sex, or engaging in other forms of what […]
I wish I had the luxury of slipping quietly downstairs in the morning to get a cup of coffee and take it back upstairs to enjoy while I read my Bible and pray for a while. This is my favorite way to start the day before things get going full force. Everyone else in the […]
I recently had a day that was filled with Christians describing themselves as “broken.” By that night I was both tired of hearing that word and wondering if it’s even true. I know what Christ followers mean when they say they are broken. They mean they needed Jesus in the first place as much as […]
This summer my son and I are teaching a class of first graders on Sunday mornings. One recent week, I kept hearing adults telling children to love God and obey Him. Why did that bother me? Our love for God can only come from an understanding of His love for us. There are a plethora […]
I have always wondered if farmers have a more tactile understanding of faith than those that don’t. They plant seeds in the ground and expect a harvest needed to support their families. Faith. This week I listened to a podcast by Beth Moore about sowing and reaping. She told a story about going to Angola […]
My son has had a Minecraft account for about five years. During that time he has started to build 12-15 worlds. Some were never developed much, but others have been built up quite extensively. One Sunday night a few weeks ago he left his Minecraft account open for about an hour while he packed for […]
Today I turn 58, and quite honestly, I have been struggling with that. As an older mom among my son’s peers I feel chronically dated, and my body is aging in visible ways that I don’t enjoy. I have been battling my discouraged emotions with the truth that God decided my birth date, so my […]
My passport says I am a citizen of the United States of America, but… My real citizenship is in heaven. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even […]
It’s summer and every household has experienced conflict already, maybe so fiercely that we have had a moment of panic and thought, “Oh, my Lord, the kids aren’t going to turn out! Help!” While my kids were still young, I learned from Beth Moore to pray the end goal: Lord, may my children grow up […]
Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. (portion of 2 Samuel 14:14) I read this visual phrase a few weeks ago. It’s tucked so neatly into 2 Samuel 14:14 but jumped off the page. I can’t get it out of my mind. I keep imagining pouring […]
