Do you ever find yourself nit-picking your friends, your children, your husband? There are definitely times when I can be a little snarky with my husband. When he gets home, he leaves a trail from the front door to the kitchen of the mail, his work out clothes, his lunch dishes...you name ...
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F2F Friday: Making the 180 Degree Turn
"They think it strange..." In today's lesson, Peter says that we cannot encounter the suffering of Christ, on our behalf, and be unchanged. The love of Jesus, poured out for us, provokes change in us. His Spirit, alive in us, transforms us. All this is made possible by the gruesome, hideous, ...
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Kortnee: My Wandering Heart
Oh do I stray. Our media, our society, our country, our world makes it really easy.
When I have a pile of work a mile high, it's really easy to put it under my desk and turn on Netflix. When I've done something wrong, it's really easy to defend myself, watch out for my "reputation", and lie. When ...
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My Joy is MIA! What Now?
Here is an encouraging word from my friend, Life Coach Carey Bailey. We are teaming up in June and July for our Summer of Joy series. We would love to hear from you using #SummerofJoy with FB, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. And please be sure to sign up for emails in the sidebar so you don’t ...
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BibleGateway.com News! #bgbg2
OK - so y'all know what a fan I am of Bible Gateway. I use it a ridiculous number of times per week. Actually, ahem, per day:
For my blog
To send scriptures to friends or to my husband at work
To teach my children
To work on Bible study if my actual Bible isn't nearby
I even use the app ...
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Can Obedience Bring Joy? Inconceivable?
I LOVE the movie The Princess Bride (amazon.com link). There is a great scene where the villain, Vizzini, keeps saying that what he sees and hears is, "Inconceivable!" He uses this word it again and again, and what he is doing amounts to denying the obvious. Finally another (great) character ...
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