September . . . nearly over, but I’m still excited about the changes this month brings. Fall. I was feeling somewhat nostalgic the other morning, seeing the children standing on the corner waiting for the school bus. I loved that time of life when my kids were excited for the first day of school! And that's me on the first … [Read more...]
What If?
What if – two words that can be debilitating, if we let it. Most of us don’t deal well with the unknown. I used to like to see what was up ahead until I got there. Now, I'm fine to just wait it out. We're wired to worry when social media (and our imagination) reminds us that everything today seems to pose a threat to our … [Read more...]
If You Knew
Picking up a pen can be painful if you use it to write down your heart. I do – I journal. And so I had to write. The other night I was with a few friends and you know how conversation can get tricky when you talk about knowing God. Or Him knowing us. Interesting how that topic comes up when things aren’t going well – we … [Read more...]
Well of Meeting
What do we do with a lifetime of bad choices – simply quit and believe this is it? It doesn’t have to be the ending to our story. It wasn’t the ending for an unnamed woman whose story is in the fourth chapter of John – forty-two verses are devoted to her in the longest recorded dialogue Jesus has with anyone in the … [Read more...]
Faith Wide Awake
How would you describe the church of today? Growing and passionate or compromising and falling asleep? Depending where you are, it could be either. My missionary-granddaughter tells me she has experienced the most life and excitement in churches of the Third World. It's easy to believe. If we’re honest, here in America, … [Read more...]
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