Last week I revealed in my post that I desire a greater level of abiding in 2016, which means experiencing union and communion. Several desires were listed, but abiding with God was #1. This week I started a new study, Walking as Jesus Walked by Dan Spader. I settled in to do my FIRST day of homework and […]
3 things I can’t recover in life: The word after it’s said, the moment after it’s missed, and the time after it’s gone. (Pinned from hplyrikz.com on Pinterest) I feel like God has a megaphone pointed straight at me right now. From every direction I am hearing His encouragement to slow down my heart and […]
SUFFOCATION. That is what I woke up feeling on the first day of 2015. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I felt trapped. Imprisoned. I dream big. My heart aches to live life well for Jesus Christ. But on the first day of 2015 this is how I saw things: I couldn’t speak freely about […]
Hello friends. Each year Passion conferences take place early in the year. People age 18-25 (mostly college students) and their leaders converge into stadiums to hear from some of the most amazing Bible teachers in the world. Sometimes the talks are livestreamed and this is one of those years! January 2-4, 2016 I didn’t want […]
Joy to the world! The Lord has come. Let earth receive her King! From our family to yours! (See you again in blog world on Sunday, January 3, 2016.) © 2015 by Oaks Ministries. All rights reserved.
I try very hard to make Christmas about the birthday of Jesus. Rather than spend money on gifts for my friends at Christmas, for example, I instead celebrate their birthdays. As for me personally, it would be perfectly fine if there were no gifts under the tree with my name on them. I would prefer […]
Every Christmas I study one particular facet of the glorious Christmas story. This year I have been a bit taken by Christ’s humanity and the unbelievable reality that He left heaven to begin life in a young woman’s womb to be born a baby. Today I contemplate Christ’s humanity through His birth story and am […]
This week I had the privilege of speaking at two events, one for students and one for women at a Christmas luncheon. I knew about this event for one year in advance, which meant I was praying for a year. I prayed that the woman I needed them to be would be the one that […]
Every semester I assign persuasive speeches that give students an opportunity to practice the public speaking skills needed to address a hostile audience. Each student is required to deliver a persuasive speech about a minority view — one the student holds but believes most other people do not. Afterward, each student fields questions for 3-5 […]
Well, Thanksgiving week has arrived. As always, it arrives at the end of November in the middle of my end-of-semester crunch. Students are submitting their largest projects that demand my swiftest grading so they can take their final exams knowing their interim course grade. And somewhere in the mix I have to shop, prepare and […]
