When I lose heart... When I lose heart, it sometimes it has to do with fear about God's plan for me...will it be too hard? There have been times when God's plan did not feel like His best for me...did not feel like He could be both loving AND in control and "let that happen"...and ... read more
When Your Walk Feels More Like a Crawl
On those days when your walk feels more like a crawl, remember that faith in Jesus means jumping in with both feet. “Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? …For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men" (1 Cor 1:20-25). We get fooled. ... read more
Change is Constant
Looking back, I see the last twelve months have made for one crazy year. I wrote a 20,000 word eBook, formatted it for paperback, and expanded it to a 60,000 word Bible study. I prepared and gave a 1 hour talk each week on the Bible study, for 10 weeks, to a group of 130. The last week of the ... read more
F2F Friday: Trusting the Lord
A Video Bible Study: Elizabeth George’s “Putting on a Gentle and Quiet Spirit” Lesson 15 Today I am taking a short break from writing about the #SummerofJoy, to continue our regular Friday feature, the video Bible study for Elizabeth George's Putting on a Gentle and Quiet Spirit (amazon.com ... read more
Face to Face Friday: Building God’s House
A Video Bible Study: Elizabeth George’s “Putting on a Gentle and Quiet Spirit” Lesson Eight Today's Passage: Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to ... read more
Jesus Brings Life Out of Death
Mary Magdalene In church, we sing a song that recounts the story of Mary Magdalene’s finding of the empty tomb. We have sung this song before, but somehow, suddenly, on one Sunday, I saw the whole scene in my mind’s eye. And it has stayed with me. I thought about how it must have felt for Mary ... read more
Procrastination…
Ok. My One Word for this year is Integrity. But I have been putting off writing about it, so maybe my One Word should be Procrastination. But God is always at work, in the times we are in between things, waiting, or even when we are procrastinating. I took stock of myself this week. Maybe it ... read more
